Text & Translation
Morskaja Carevna, 'The Sea Princess'
Russian source:
Anon.
o putnik molodoj!
Zdes' pod vodoj
i prokhlada, i pokoj.
Ty zdes' otdokhnjosh',
ty sladko zasnjosh',
kachajas', na zybkikh vodakh,
gde, negi polna,
lish' dremlet volna
v pustynnykh beregakh.
Po zybi morskoj
sama za toboj
carevna morskaja plyvjot!
Ona manit, ona pojot,
k sebe tebja zovjot...
Oh come to me at night
(2019)
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
My youthful traveller!
Here beneath the waves
It’s cool and calm.
Here you will find rest
As you fall fast asleep,
Rocked by the rippling waters,
Where, full of yearning,
The waves but doze
On desolate banks.
Across the swelling sea,
Sailing in your wake,
The sea princess will come!
She lures, she sings,
She beckons you to join her…
Morskaja Carevna, 'The Sea Princess'
Russian source:
Anon.
Oh come to me at night (2019)
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
Pridi ko mne nochnoj poroj,
Oh come to me at night,
o putnik molodoj!
My youthful traveller!
Zdes' pod vodoj
Here beneath the waves
i prokhlada, i pokoj.
It’s cool and calm.
Ty zdes' otdokhnjosh',
Here you will find rest
ty sladko zasnjosh',
As you fall fast asleep,
kachajas', na zybkikh vodakh,
Rocked by the rippling waters,
gde, negi polna,
Where, full of yearning,
lish' dremlet volna
The waves but doze
v pustynnykh beregakh.
On desolate banks.
Po zybi morskoj
Across the swelling sea,
sama za toboj
Sailing in your wake,
carevna morskaja plyvjot!
The sea princess will come!
Ona manit, ona pojot,
She lures, she sings,
k sebe tebja zovjot...
She beckons you to join her…
Composer
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian composer and chemist. Although better known for his composition, Borodin is also well known for his work concerning organic synthesis, nucleophilic substition, and the aldol reaction, as well as founding…
