Text & Translation
Na kholmakh Gruzii ('On Georgia's Hills')
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
Shumit Aragva predo mnoju.
Mne grustno i legko; pechal' moja svetla;
Pechal' moja polna toboju,
Toboj, toboj odnoj… Unyn'ja moego
Nichto ne muchit, ne trevozhit,
I serdce vnov' gorit i b'jotsja ottogo,
Chto ne ljubit' ono ne mozhet.
On Georgia's Hills
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
The Aragva roars before me.
I am sad, yet also calm; my sorrow is radiant;
My sorrow is filled with the thought of you,
Of you, of you alone… Nothing torments
My sadness, nothing disturbs it,
And my heart burns again and beats because
It cannot live without loving.
Na kholmakh Gruzii ('On Georgia's Hills')
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
On Georgia's Hills
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
Na kholmah Gruzii lezhit nochnaja mgla;
Georgia’s hills are clad in the darkness of night;
Shumit Aragva predo mnoju.
The Aragva roars before me.
Mne grustno i legko; pechal' moja svetla;
I am sad, yet also calm; my sorrow is radiant;
Pechal' moja polna toboju,
My sorrow is filled with the thought of you,
Toboj, toboj odnoj… Unyn'ja moego
Of you, of you alone… Nothing torments
Nichto ne muchit, ne trevozhit,
My sadness, nothing disturbs it,
I serdce vnov' gorit i b'jotsja ottogo,
And my heart burns again and beats because
Chto ne ljubit' ono ne mozhet.
It cannot live without loving.
Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, best know for his orchestral compositions and his symphonic suite Scheherazade. He believed in developing a nationalistic style of classical music, and was influenced by Russian folk song…
Poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born…