О, долго буду я, в молчаньи ночи тайной
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG FRE SPA
О, долго буду я, в молчаньи ночи тайной,
Коварный лепет твой, улыбку, взор случайный,
Перстам послушную [волос]1 густую прядь,
Из мыслей изгонять, и снова призывать;
Дыша порывисто, один, никем не зримый,
Досады и стыда румянами палимый,
Искать хотя одной загадочной черты
В словах, которые произносила ты;
Шептать и поправлять былые выраженья
Речей моих с тобой, исполненных смущенья,
И в опьянении, наперекор уму,
Заветным именем будить ночную [мглу]2.
S. Rachmaninov sets lines 1-4, 9-12
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1 Rachmaninov: "волос, волос твоих" ("volos, volos tvojikh")
2 Rachmaninov: "тьму" ("t'mu")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Boris Aleksandrovich Fitingof-Shel (1829 - 1901), "О, долго буду я", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "В молчаньи ночи тайной", op. 9 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Романсов на стихотворения А. Фета, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev (1878 - 1942), "О, долго буду я", 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "В молчаньи ночи тайной", op. 4 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs) ) no. 3, lines 1-4,9-12 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70
Oh, longtemps, dans le silence de la...
Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)
Oh, longtemps, dans le silence de la nuit mystérieuse,
Ton murmure rusé, ton sourire, ton regard, ton regard qui passe,
Les mèches de tes cheveux qui obéissent à tes doigts,
Je vais les chasser loin de mes pensées et me les rappeler encore.
Respirant par à-coups, seul, vu par personne,
Rougissant et brûlant de dépit et de honte,
Je chercherai des messages secrets
Dans les mots que tu as prononcés ;
Je murmurerai et je corrigerai la forme initiale
De mes conversations avec toi pleines d'embarras,
Et enivré, contre toute raison,
Je troublerai l'obscurité de la nuit avec ton nom sacré.
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Translation of title "В молчаньи ночи тайной" = "Dans le silence de la nuit"
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Line count: 12
Word count: 100