Сумерки | Она задумалась. Одна, перед окном

Translation by Ivan Ivanovich Tkhorzhevsky (1878 - 1951)

Lever d'étoiles

Language: French (Français)

Pensive, assise au bord de la fenêtre sombre,
Son œil aux longs regards rayonne seul dans l'ombre.
Sur sa tête s'étend sans fin le grand ciel pur.
Les étoiles des nuits se lèvent dans l'azur,
Et par-dessus son front sérieux qui se penche,
Chacune vient sans bruit se ranger, douce et blanche,
Essaim mystérieux dans son vol arrêté,
Qui d'en haut, palpitant, plane sur sa beauté.

Confirmed with Jean Marie Guyau, Vers d'un philosophe, Paris, 1881, page 99.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Marie Guyau (1854 - 1888), "Lever d'étoiles", appears in Vers d'un philosophe, first published 1881 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Ivanovich Tkhorzhevsky (1878 - 1951) , "Сумерки", first published 1901 ; composed by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov.
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Сумерки

Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)

Она задумалась. Одна, перед окном
Склонясь, она сидит и в сумраке ночном
Мерцает долгий взор; а в синеве безбрежной
Темнеющих небес, роняя лучь свой нежный,
Восходят звездочки безшумною толпой;
И кажется, что там какой-то светлый рой
Таинственно парит и, словно восхищенный,
Трепещет над её головкою склоненной.

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Text Authorship:

by Ivan Ivanovich Tkhorzhevsky (1878 - 1951), "Сумерки", first published 1901 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jean Marie Guyau (1854 - 1888), "Lever d'étoiles", appears in Vers d'un philosophe, first published 1881
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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), "Сумерки", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 3 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Word count: 46