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Ispanskij romans

Language: Russian

Nochnoj zefir
strujit `efir,
[Bezhit, shumit]1, Gvadalkvivir.

[Vot vzoshla luna zlataja,
Tishe... chu... gitary zvon...

[Vot]2 ispanka molodaja
Operlasja na balkon.

Nochnoj zefir 
strujit `efir,
[Bezhit, shumit]1, Gvadalkvivir.]3

[Sbros']4 mantil'ju, [angel milyj,]5
I javis', kak jarkij den'!

Skvoz' chugunnyje perily
Nozhku [divnuju]6 proden'! This

Nochnoj zefir 
strujit `efir,
[Bezhit, shumit]1, Gvadalkvivir.


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1 Pushkin, Medtner: "Shumit, / Bezhit"
2 Verstovsky: "I"
3 In Verstovsky's version, these verses appear at the end.
4 Esaulov, Glinka, Medtner: "Skin'"
5 Verstovsky: "drug moj milyj"
6 Verstovsky: "miluju"

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Set in German, a translation of Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819-1892) ENG [text unavailable]
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