Sijala noch' (Fet, set by A. Alferaki, Chigir, G. Konyus, Ofrosimov, Shiryayev, P. Viardot) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Sijala noch'. Lunoj byl polon sad. Lezhali
Luchi u nashikh nog v gostinoj bez ognej. 
Rojal' byl ves' raskryt, i struny v nem drozhali,
Kak i serdca u nas za pesneju tvojej. 

Ty pela do zari, v slezakh iznemogaja,
Chto ty odna - ljubov', chto net ljubvi inoj,
I tak khotelos' zhit', chtob, zvuka ne ronjaja,
Tebja ljubit', obnjat' i plakat' nad toboj. 

I mnogo let proshlo, tomitel'nykh i skuchnykh,
I vot v tishi nochnoj tvoj golos slyshu vnov',
I vejet, kak togda, vo vzdokhakh `etikh zvuchnykh,
Chto ty odna - vsja zhizn', chto ty odna - ljubov',

Chto net obid sud'by i serdca zhguchej muki,
A zhizni net konca, i celi net inoj,
Kak tol'ko verovat' v rydajushije zvuki,
Tebja ljubit', obnjat' i plakat' nad toboj!

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Authorship

Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820-1892)

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

Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846-1919)

Chigir

Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862-1933)

Ofrosimov

Shiryayev

Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910)

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