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Здесь хорошо... Взгляни, вдали Огнём горит река; Цветным ковром луга легли, Белеют облака. Здесь нет людей... Здесь тишина... Здесь только Бог да я. Цветы, да старая сосна, Да ты, мечта моя!
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- by Glafira Adol'fovna Galina (1873 - 1942) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Здесь хорошо", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 7 (1902) [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How nice it is here", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ici il fait bon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Hier ist es schön", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Michał Czaposki) , "Tak dobrze tu", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Sol Crespo) , "Aquí todo está bien", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 31
How nice it is here... Look - far away, The river is a blaze of fire; The meadows lie like carpets of colour The clouds are white. Here there is no one... Here it is silent... Here is only God and I, The flowers, the old pine tree, And you, my dream!
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Glafira Adol'fovna Galina (1873 - 1942)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 52