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Средь шумного бала, случайно, В тревоге мирской суеты, Тебя я увидел, но тайна Твои покрывала черты. Лишь очи печально глядели, А голос так дивно звучал, Как звон отдалённой свирели, Как моря [играющий]1 вал. Мне стан твой понравился тонкий И весь твой задумчивый вид, А смех твой, и грустный, и звонкий, С тех пор в моём сердце звучит. В часы одинокие ночи Люблю я, усталый, прилечь; Я вижу печальные очи, Я слышу веселую речь, И грустно я, грустно так засыпаю, И в грёзах неведомых сплю... Люблю ли тебя, я не знаю, Но кажется мне, что люблю!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Tchaikovsky: "бушующий" ("bushujushchij")
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- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1851 [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 Aleksandra Dormidontovna Kochetova (1833 - 1902), "Средь шумного бала, случайно" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grigory Andreyevich Lishin (1854 - 1888), "Средь шумного бала" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "Средь шумного бала" [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. D. Sheremetev (1859 - 1931), "Средь шумного бала" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boris Sergeyevich Sheremetyev (1822 - 1906), "Средь шумного бала" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "Средь шумного бала", op. 43 (Десять романсов) no. 8, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Средь шумного бала", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 3 (1878) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Pendant une fête brillante" ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hermann Wolff (1845 - 1902) , "Im wogenden Tanze" ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Temidden van het bal", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "Amid the din of the ball", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Inmitten des Balles"
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Temidden van het rumoerige bal, zag ik jou, Toevallig ving ik je blik op en zag dat je ogen droevig stonden alsof een ongekend geheim je gezicht tekende. Ook hoorde ik je stem die zo wonderlijk klonk als het geluid van een fluit in de verte, als een speelse golf van de oceaan. Ik was getroffen door je in gepeins verzonken verschijning, je slanke taille en je lach, die zowel melancholiek als honingzoet klonk en welke trouwens nog steeds weerklinkt in mijn hart. Soms, laat in de avond als ik moe ben en ga liggen om uit te rusten, zie ik weer je bedroefde ogen en hoor ik je opgewekte gepraat. En uiteindelijk val ik dan heel bedroefd in slaap, om alleen maar vreemde dromen te dromen. Of ik van je houd weet ik niet, Maar het lijkt er wel op...
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1851
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 141