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О чём в тиши ночей, таинственно мечтаю, О чём при свете дня, всечасно помышляю, То будет тайной всем. И даже ты, мой стих, Ты, друг мой ветреный, услада дней моих, Тебе не передам души моей мечтанья. А то, расскажешь ты, чей глас в ночном молчаньи Мне слышится, чей лик я всюду нахозу, Чьи очи светят мне, чьё имя я твержу.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), written 1841 [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 Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "О чём в тиши ночей", 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 7 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 2 (1867) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 28 (Пять романсов) no. 1 (1899), published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Moscow, P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gennady Osipovich Korganov (1858 - 1890), "О чём в тиши ночей" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 40 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 3 (1897), also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 8 (c1867), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "О чём в тиши ночей" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "What I secretly dream about", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ce à quoi dans le silence de la nuit", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Ce à quoi dans le silence de la nuit secrètement je rêve, Ce à quoi dans la lumière du jour constamment je pense, Cela restera un mystère pour tous, et même pour toi, mon vers. Toi, mon ami léger, la joie de mon existence, À toi je ne confierai pas les rêves de mon âme. Ou alors, tu me révéleras quelle voix dans le silence de la nuit J'entends, quel visage je trouve partout, Quels yeux brillent vers moi, quel nom je répète constamment.
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), written 1841
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 84