by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
It was many and many a year ago
Language: English
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the wing'd seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me; Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee: For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Annabel Lee" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), "Annabel Lee" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "Annabel Lee", 2016 [ baritone, cello, piano ], from Three songs for baritone, cello, piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Hiles Bergen , "Annabel Lee", op. 15 no. 1, published 1926 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. E. Best , "Annabel Lee", published 1858 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin C. S. Boyle , "Annabel Lee", op. 4 no. 1, published 2002, first performed 2003 [ baritone and piano ], from Lenoriana, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jane W. Bruner , "Annabel Lee", published 1870 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Bryan , "Annabel Lee", published 1922 [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Carder , "Annabel Lee" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Dilworth , "Annabel Lee", published 1964 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Doellner , "Annabel Lee", op. 15, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], note: words have been adapted - textual variant not (yet) noted [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. F. Falconnet , "Annabel Lee" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Farebrother , "Annabel Lee" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Annabel Lee", 2005 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "It was many and many a year ago" [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Habash , "Annabel Lee", published 1963 [ SATB chorus ], note: words adapted by Edna Lewis [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Joslin Hall , "Annabel Lee", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Swinnerton Heap (1847 - 1900), "Annabel Lee", published 1880 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "Annabel Lee", op. 41b, published 1906 [ tenor or baritone and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Annabel Lee", 1910 [ reciter with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Janowsky , "Annabel Lee", published 1965 [ tenor and mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anita W. Kerr , "Annabel Lee", published 1961 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Richard Kroeger (1862 - 1934), "Annabel Lee", op. 65 (Ten songs) no. 7, published 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick St. John Lacy (1862 - 1935), "Annabel Lee", op. 2, published 1887 [ tenor, chorus and orchestra ], cantata [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alice Law , "Annabel Lee", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Al Lerner , "Annabel Lee", published 1957, note: words adapted by Vic Corpora [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry David Leslie (1822 - 1896), "Annabel Lee" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Charles Levey (1837 - 1894), "Many a year ago", published 1866 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Annabel Lee", published 1891 [ tenor or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. R. McQuown , "Annabel Lee", published 1869 [ voice and chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Meadows , "Annabel Lee" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julian Mount, né William Hutchinson , "Many and many a year ago", published 1878 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. M. Pares , "Annabel Lee", published 1860 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alton Rinker , "Annabel Lee", published 1968 [ satb chorus and piano ], arranged by Hawley Ades [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugh Stevenson Roberton, Sir (1874 - 1952), "Annabel Lee", published 1914 [ men's chorus or SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lance Roberts and by Carl Friend , "Annabelle Lee", published 1964, note: words have been adapted [sung text not yet checked]
- by Donald R. Rommé , "Annabel Lee", published 1947 [ tenor and baritone, TTBB chorus, a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Byron Stanley Schiffman , "Annabel Lee", published 1953 [ tenor and orchestra ], also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875 - 1958), "Annabel Lee", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "A Kingdom by the Sea", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], in the anthology Singing Time, songs for small children [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932), "Annabel Lee", published 1931 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (George) Templeton Strong (1856 - 1948), "Annabel Lee", published 1924 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Beardsley Van der Water , "Annabel Lee", published 1891 [ chorus ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Annabel Lee", published 1890 [ duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano (or tenor and baritone) with piano ], from Sechs Duette für Sopran und Mezzosopran (oder Tenor und Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Hofmeister, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Henry Walthew (1872 - 1951), "Annabel Lee", published 1923 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willoughby Hunter Weiss (1820 - 1867), "It was many and many a year ago" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898) , appears in Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe, first published 1889 ; composed by Byron Stanley Schiffman.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Eduard Levy, Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by James Rothstein.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "Аннабель-Ли" ; composed by Dmitry Zernov.
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-04
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Word count: 297
Аннабель‑Ли
Language: Russian (Русский) after the English
Это было давно, это было давно, В королевстве приморской земли: — Там жила и цвела та, что звалась всегда, Называлася Аннабель-Ли, Я любил, был любим, мы любили вдвоём, Только этим мы жить и могли. И, любовью дыша, были оба детьми В королевстве приморской земли, Но любили мы больше, чем любят в любви, — Я и нежная Аннабель-Ли, И, взирая на нас, серафимы небес Той любви нам простить не могли. Оттого и случилось когда-то давно, В королевстве приморской земли, — С неба ветер повеял холодный из туч, Он повеял на Аннабель-Ли; И родные толпой многознатной сошлись, И её от меня унесли, Чтоб навеки её положить в саркофаг, В королевстве приморской земли. Половины такого блаженства узнать Серафимы в раю не могли, — Оттого и случилось, (как ведомо всем В королевстве приморской земли), — Ветер ночью повеял холодный из туч И убил мою Аннабель-Ли. Но, любя, мы любили сильней и полней Тех, что старости бремя несли, — Тех, что мудростью нас превзошли, — И ни ангелы неба, ни демоны тьмы Разлучить никогда не могли, Не могли разлучить мою душу с душой Обольстительной Аннабель-Ли. И всегда луч луны навевает мне сны О пленительной Аннабель-Ли; И зажжётся ль звезда, вижу очи всегда Обольстительной Аннабель-Ли; И в мерцаньи ночей я всё с ней, я всё с ней, С незабвенной — с невестой — с любовью моей — Рядом с ней распростёрт я вдали, В саркофаге приморской земли.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Аннабель-Ли" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Annabel Lee"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitry Zernov , "Аннабель‑Ли", op. 3 no. 1, published 1915, Moscow: Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-14
Line count: 41
Word count: 231