Songs Sung Texts
Modest Mussorgsky Songs Sung texts CD1 ENGLISH TRANSLATION Pesni i Plaski Smerti Songs and Dances of Death Texts: Golenischev‐Kutusov Texts: Golenischev‐Kutusov 1. Kolïbel'neya 1. Lullaby Stonet rebyonok, svecha, nagoraya, A child moans, a candle burns low, Tusklo mertsayet krugom. And casts a dim flicker around. Tseluyu noch, kolybel'ku kachaya, All through the night, her cradle rocking, Mat' ne zabylasa snom. The mother has not slumbered. Ranym‐ranyokhonko v dver ostorozhno Early in the morning, at the door so gently Smert' serdobol'naya stuk! Death, the compassionate, knocks! Vzdrognula mat', oglyanulas trevozhno... The mother gives a start, and looks round in fear... "Polno pugat'sa, moy drug! “Be not afraid, my dear! Blednoe utro uzh smotrit v okoshko, The pale light of morn now peeps through the window, Placha, toskuya, lyublya, weeping, in longing, in love, Ty utomilas, vzdremni‐ka nemnozhko, Thou hast worn thyself out, now rest thee awhile, Ya posizhu za tebya. and I will sit here by his side. Ugomonit' ty ditya ne sumela; Thou hast not been able to soothe the poor child, Slashche tebya ya spoyu." Sweeter than thou shall I sing." "Tishe! Rebyonok moy mechetsa, byotsa, “Softly! My child is tossing and restless, Dushu terzayet moyu!" It grieves my heart thus to see him!" "Nu, da so mnoyu on skoro uymyotsa, “Come now, he soon will listen to me. Bayushki, bayu, bayu." Hush‐a‐bye, baby, my own." "Shchochki bledneyut, slabeyet dykhan'ye... “His dear cheeks are pale, his breath is failing... Da zamolchi zhe, molyu!" Be silent now, do, I beseech thee!" "Dobroye znamen'e: stikhnet stradan'e.
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