Tikho vecher dogorajet (Fet, set by P. Bulakhov, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Viardot) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Tikho vecher dogorajet,
  Gory zolotja;
Znojnyj vozdukh kholodajet, -
  Spi, mojo ditja!

Solov'ji davno zapeli,
  Sumrak vozvestja;
Struny robko zazveneli, -
  Spi, mojo ditja!

[Bleshchut]¹ angel'skije ochi,
  Trepetno svetja;
Tak legko dykhan'je nochi, -
  Spi, mojo ditja!

Tak legko i tak privol'no,
  Strasti ukrotja,
V serdce vymolvish' nevol'no:
  Spi, mojo ditja!

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¹ Rimsky-Korsakov: "Smotrjat"

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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)

Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822-1885)

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

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Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910)

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