Song Cycle by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-)

English translation: From the Pine to the Moon

1. Na severe dikom...

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , 1841

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33 NOR ENG ITA FRE

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ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Na severe dikom stojit odinoko
Na goloj vershine sosna,
I dremlet, kachajas', i snegom sypuchim
Odeta, kak rizoj, ona.

I snitsja jej vsjo, chto v pustyne daljokoj,
V tom kraje, gde solnca voskhod,
Odna i grustna na utjose gorjuchem
Prekrasnaja pal'ma rastjot.

2. Tuchi

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Tuchi", published 1840

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ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Tuchki nebesnyje, vechnyje stranniki! 
Step'ju lazurnoju, cep'ju zhemchuzhnoju
Mchites' vy, budto kak ja zhe, izgnanniki
S milogo severa v storonu juzhnuju. 

Kto zhe vas gonit: sud'by li reshenije? 
Zavist' li tajnaja? zloba l' otkrytaja? 
Ili na vas tjagotit prestuplenije? 
Ili druzej kleveta jadovitaja? 

Net, vam naskuchili nivy besplodnyje... 
Chuzhdy vam strasti i chuzhdy stradanija;
Vechno kholodnyje, vechno svobodnyje,
Net u vas rodiny, net vam izgnanija.

3. Utjos

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Utjos", published 1841

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DUT Dutch (Lidy van Noordenburg)
ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Nochevala tuchka zolotaja
Na grudi utjosa-velikana;
Utrom v put' ona umchalas' rano,
Po lazuri veselo igraja.

No ostalsja vlazhnyj sled v morshchine
Starogo utjosa. Odinoko
On stojit; zadumalsja gluboko,
I tikhon'ko plachet on v pustyne...

4. Zvezda

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Zvezda", published 1830-1

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ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Vverkhu odna
Gorit zvezda,
Moj um ona
Manit vsegda,
Moji mechty
Ona vlechjot
I s vysoty
[Mne radost' l'jot]1. 
Takov zhe byl
Tot nezhnyj vzor,
Chto ja ljubil
Sud'be v ukor.
Muk nikogda
On zret' ne mog,
Kak ta zvezda,
On byl daljok.
Ustalykh vezhd
Ja ne smykal,
Ja bez nadezhd
K nemu vziral.

5. Luna

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , no title, 1840

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ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Posredi nebesnykh tel
  Lik luny tumannyj,
Kak on krugl i kak on bel,
  Tochno blin s smetanoj.

Kazhdu noch' ona v luchakh
  Put' prokhodit mlechnyj.
Vidno, tam, na nebesakh,
  Maslenica vechno!

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