A dream | And I was in my homeland

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Translation © by Kyle Gee

Сон

Language: Russian (Русский) after the German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG ENG FRE

И у меня был край родной;
   Прекрасен он!
Там ель качалась надо мной...
   Но то был сон!

Семья друзей жива была.
  Со всех сторон 
Звучали мне любви слова...
  Но то был сон!

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Сон" [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in In der Fremde, no. 3
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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. 8 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 5 (1893) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Emil Axman.
Also set in English, a translation by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954) , written 1897 ; composed by Charles Edward Ives.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov.
Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky (1871 - 1942) ; composed by Vasyl Oleksandrovych Barvinsky, Denys Volodymyrovych Sichynsky.
Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842 - 1912) [an adaptation] ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko.

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Een droom", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ruslan Sviridov) , "A dream", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "A dream", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rêve", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 32

A dream

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

And I was in my homeland;
It was wonderful!
A pine tree swayed above me...
But that was a dream!

My family of friends was alive.
From all around
I heard their words of love...
But that was a dream!

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2012 by Kyle Gee, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Сон" [an adaptation]
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in In der Fremde, no. 3
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

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