Text & Translation
Nespyashchikh solntse, grustnaya zvezda 'Sun of the sleepless'
Russian source:
Aleksey Tolstoy
Kak slezno luch mertsaet tvoy vsegda,
Kak temnota pri nyom yeshcho temney.
Kak on pokhozh na radost' prezhnikh dney!
Tak svetil proshloe nam v zhiznennoy nochi,
No uzh ne greyut nas bessil'nye luchi,
Zvezda minuvshego, tyî v gore mne vidna,
Vidna, no daleka, svetla, no kholodna.
Sun of the sleepless! Melancholy star!
English translation ©
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Whose tewful beam glows tremulously far,
That show'st the darkness thou canst not dispel,
How like thou arl to joy rememher'd well!
So gleams the past, the light of other days,
Which shines, but warms not with its powerless rays;
A night-beam Sorrow watcheth to behold,
Distinct but distant—clear, but oh how cold!
Nespyashchikh solntse, grustnaya zvezda 'Sun of the sleepless'
Russian source:
Aleksey Tolstoy
Sun of the sleepless! Melancholy star!
English source:
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Nespyashchikh solntse, grustnaya zvezda,
Sun of the sleepless! Melancholy star!
Kak slezno luch mertsaet tvoy vsegda,
Whose tewful beam glows tremulously far,
Kak temnota pri nyom yeshcho temney.
That show'st the darkness thou canst not dispel,
Kak on pokhozh na radost' prezhnikh dney!
How like thou arl to joy rememher'd well!
Tak svetil proshloe nam v zhiznennoy nochi,
So gleams the past, the light of other days,
No uzh ne greyut nas bessil'nye luchi,
Which shines, but warms not with its powerless rays;
Zvezda minuvshego, tyî v gore mne vidna,
A night-beam Sorrow watcheth to behold,
Vidna, no daleka, svetla, no kholodna.
Distinct but distant—clear, but oh how cold!
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
Aleksey Tolstoy
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction. Information from Wikipedia.