by Jean Marie Guyau (1854 - 1888)
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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Sumerki
Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)
Ona zadumalas'. Odna, pered oknom Sklonjas', ona sidit i v sumrake nočnom Mercaet dolgij vzor; a v sineve bezbrežnoj Temnejuščich nebes, ronjaja luč' svoj nežnyj, Voschodjat zvezdočki bezšumnoju tolpoj; I kažetsja, čto tam kakoj-to svetlyj roj Tainstvenno parit i, slovno voschiščennyj, Trepeščet nad eë golovkoju sklonennoj.
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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
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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