Na zare (Nadson, set by A. Gretchaninov, V. Rebikov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Zarevom zakata dal' nebes ob"jata,
Rechka golubaja bleshchet, kak v ogne;
Nezhnymi cvetami ubrany bogato,
Tuchki utopajut v jasnoj vyshine.
Koe-gde, mercaja blednymi luchami,
Zvezdochki-shalun'i v nebesakh gorjat.
Les, oblityj svetom, ne drognet vetvjami,
I v vechernej nege mirno nivy spjat.
Tol'ko ty ne znaesh' negi i pokoja,
Grud' moja bol'naja, polnaja toskoj.
Chto zh tebja volnuet? Grustnoe l' byloe,
Il' nadezhd razbitykh bezotradnyj roj?
Zapolzli l' zmeeju zlobnye somnen'ja,
Otravili veru v schast'e i ljudej,
Strasti li mjatezhnoj grezy i volnen'ja
Vspykhnuli nezhdanno v glubine tvoej?
Il', v bor'be s sud'boju pogubivshi sily,
Ty uzh tjagotish'sja `etoju bor'boj
I, zabyv nadezhdy, mrachno zhdesh' mogily,
S malodushnoj grust'ju, s zhelchnoju toskoj?
Polno, uspokojsja, sbros' pechali bremja:
Ne projdet besplodno tjazhkaja bor'ba,
I zareju jasnoj zapylaet vremja,
Vremja svetloj mysli, pravdy i truda.

Show Cyrillic (Покажите текст в кириллице)
Note on Transliteration

Authorship

Semyon Yakovlevich Nadson (1862-1887)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956)

Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866-1920)

Date added to the website: 2008-08-13.

Gentle Reminder

This project is not funded. If you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated!
- Emily

I also have a wishlist at Amazon.ca.