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by Fyodor Kuzmych Teternikov (1863 - 1927), as Fyodor Sologub

Сон
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
В мире нет ничего 
Дожделеннее сна,
Чары есть у него, 
У него тишина,
У него на устах 
Ни печаль и ни смех,
И в бездонных очах
Много тайных утех.

У него широки, 
Широки два крыла,
И легки, так лёгки,
Как полночная мгла.
Не понять, как несёт,
И куда и на чем 
Он крылом не взмахнет
И не двинет плечом.

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Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

  • by Fyodor Kuzmych Teternikov (1863 - 1927), as Fyodor Sologub, written 1886, appears in Тени: Рассказы и стихи (Teni: Rasskazy i stikhi) = Shadows: Stories and Poems, first published 1896 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

  • by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Сон", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 5 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "A dream", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 59

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