by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Chisto vecherneje nebo
Language: Russian (Русский)
Chisto vecherneje nebo, Jasny dalekije zvezdy, Jasny kak schast'e rebjonka; O! dlja chego mne nel'zja ja podumat': Zvezdy, vy jasny, kak schast'e mojo! [Chem ty]1 neschastliv, Skazhut mne ljudi? Tem ja neschastliv, [Dobrye ljudi,]2 chto zvezdy i nebo — Zvezdy i nebo! — a ja chelovek!... Ljudi drug [k]3 drugu Zavist' pitajut; Ja zhe, [naprotiv, Tol'ko]2 zaviduju zvezdam prekrasnym, Tol'ko ikh mesto zanjat' by khotel.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Cui: "Чем же ты"
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Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Небо и звёзды" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876 - 1945), "Небо и звёзды" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (1884 - 1949), "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Небо и звезды", op. 28, Heft 2 no. 4 (1885), published 1885 [ chorus a cappella ], St Petersburg, Bessel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Vladimirovich Galkin (1856 - 1906), "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer (1875 - 1961), "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Небо и звёзды", op. 114 no. 5 (1931) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Mitrofanovich Ivanov-Korsunsky (1891 - 1942), "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Alekseyevich Shenshin (1890 - 1944), "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. A. Zaikin , "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Nocturne", op. 26 no. 4 [ men's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vasily Ivanovich Zverev , "Небо и звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Manuel M. Ponce.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "Heaven and the stars", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916
- FRE French (Français) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Les étoiles"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 66