Ständchen des Don Juan (Serenade) | Dunkel löscht der Alpujara(s)

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Translation Singable translation by Bruno Tutenberg (1887 - 1968)

Гаснут дальней Альпухары

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Гаснут дальней Альпухары
Золотистые края,
На призывный звон гитары
Выйди, милая моя!

Всех, кто скажет, что другая
Здесь равняется с тобой,
Всех, любовию сгорая,
Всех, всех, всех зову на смертный бой!

     От лунного света
     Зардел небосклон,
     О, выйди, Нисета, о выйди, Нисета,
     Скорей на балкон!

От Севильи до Гренады,
В тихом сумраке ночей,
Раздаются серенады,
Раздаётся стух мечей.

Много крови, много песней
Для прелестных льются дам,
Я же той, кто всех прелестней, 
Всё, всё, песнь и кровь мою отдам!

     От лунного света
     Зардел небосклон,
     О, выйди, Нисета, о выйди, Нисета,
     Скорей на балкон!

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Note: see also Вновь я здесь, перед балконом, which uses similar thematic material from Tirso de Molino's story of Don Juan.

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1860 [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 Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Серенада", op. 15 (Six mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 1 (1890) [ voice and piano ], also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
by Gennady Osipovich Korganov (1858 - 1890), "Серенада Дон-Жуана" [sung text not yet checked]
by Aleksandr Ippolitovich Mann (1864 - 1922), "Испанская серенада" [sung text not yet checked]
by Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin (1871 - 1942), "Испанская серенада" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Серенада Дон-Жуана", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 1 (1878), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Don Juan's Serenade", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Ständchen des Don Juan (Serenade)"
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "Serenata de Don Juan", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 93

Ständchen des Don Juan (Serenade)

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)

Dunkel löscht der Alpujara(s)¹
goldumwobne Säume aus.
Folg dem Locken der Guitarra,
schönstes Liebchen, tritt heraus!

Sollte wer zu preisen wagen
eine andere als dich,
dann soll er sich mit mir schlagen,
dann, dann, dann trifft ihn des Degens Stich!

Es glänzt durch die Zweige 
des Mondes Licht schon,
Nisetta, o zeige, Nisetta, o zeige
dich auf dem Balkon!

Von Sevilla bis Granada
klingt im Dämmerschein der Nacht
Degenkampf und Serenada,
ehrt man so der Liebe Macht.

Für die schönen Frauen schallen
viele Lieder, fließt auch Blut,
doch der herrlichsten von allen,
ihr, ihr gilt mein Lied und Blut und Gut!

Es glänzt durch die Zweige 
des Mondes Licht schon,
Nisetta, o zeige, Nisetta, o zeige
dich auf dem Balkon!

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¹ Bergland von Granada j=ch (ach-Laut)
From a Tchaikovsky score.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Bruno Tutenberg (1887 - 1968), "Ständchen des Don Juan (Serenade)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1860
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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):

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Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 121