Que le jour règne | Que le jour règne, que ce soit le silence de la nuit

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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

День ли царит, тишина ли ночная

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

День ли царит, тишина ли ночная,
В снах ли [тревожных]¹, в житейской борьбе,
Всюду со мной, мою жизнь наполняя,
Дума все та же, одна роковая,
        Всё о тебе!

С нею не страшен мне призрак былого,
Сердце воспрянуло снова любя...
Вера, мечты, вдохновенное слово,
Всё, что в душе дорогого, святого,
        Всё от тебя!

Будут ли дни мои ясны, унылы,
Скоро ли сгину я, жизнь загубя!
Знаю одно, что до самой могилы
Помыслы, чувства, и песни, и силы,
        Всё для тебя!

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¹ Tchaikovksy: "bessvjaznykh"

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, first published 1880 [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "День ли царит", op. 18, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, Gutheil [sung text not yet checked]
by A. N. Benua , "День ли царит" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "День ли царит", op. 47 (Семь романсов = Sem' romansov (Seven romances)) no. 6 (1880) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Grant A. Lewis) , "Whether day dawns", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Que le jour règne", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Que le jour règne

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

Que le jour règne, que ce soit le silence de la nuit,
Que ce soit dans un rêve, ou dans le combat quotidien,
Où que j'aille, ma vie est remplie
D'une seule pensée, d'une seule idée,
Seulement de toi !

Les fantômes du passé ne me font plus peur,
Mon cœur est à nouveau rempli d'amour,
Foi, rêves et paroles nobles,
Tout ce qui est bon et saint dans le cœur,
Tout vient de toi !

Que mes jours montrent de la joie ou de la tristesse,
Que ma vie se termine tôt ou tard,
Je sais que dans la tombe
Mes pensées, sentiments, chants et force,
Tout sera pour de toi !

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, first published 1880
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-30
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