Text & Translation
Nochnoj zefir ('Night zephyr')
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
struit `efir,
Shumit,
Bezhit,
Gvadalkvivir.
Vot vzoshla luna zlataja,
Tishe... chu... gitary zvon...
Vot ispanka molodaja
Operlasja na balkon.
Nochnoj zefir
Struit `efir,
Shumit,
Bezhit
Gvadalkvivir.
Skin' mantil'ju, angel milyj,
I javis', kak jarkij den'!
Skvoz' chugunnye perily
Nozhku divnuju proden'!
Nochnoj zefir
Struit `efir,
Shumit,
Bezhit,
Gvadalkvivir.
Night zephyr
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
Stirs the ether,
Roars
And runs
The Guadalquivir.
The golden moon has risen,
Quiet!... Listen!... The sound of a guitar…
And a young Spanish girl
Leans against the balcony.
The nocturnal zephyr
Stirs the ether,
Roars
And runs
The Guadalquivir.
Throw down your mantilla, sweet angel,
And appear as radiant as the day!
Through the iron railings,
Put your wondrous little foot!
The nocturnal zephyr
Stirs the ether,
Roars
And runs
The Guadalquivir.
Nochnoj zefir ('Night zephyr')
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
Night zephyr
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
Nochnoj zefir
The nocturnal zephyr
struit `efir,
Stirs the ether,
Shumit,
Roars
Bezhit,
And runs
Gvadalkvivir.
The Guadalquivir.
Vot vzoshla luna zlataja,
The golden moon has risen,
Tishe... chu... gitary zvon...
Quiet!... Listen!... The sound of a guitar…
Vot ispanka molodaja
And a young Spanish girl
Operlasja na balkon.
Leans against the balcony.
Nochnoj zefir
The nocturnal zephyr
Struit `efir,
Stirs the ether,
Shumit,
Roars
Bezhit
And runs
Gvadalkvivir.
The Guadalquivir.
Skin' mantil'ju, angel milyj,
Throw down your mantilla, sweet angel,
I javis', kak jarkij den'!
And appear as radiant as the day!
Skvoz' chugunnye perily
Through the iron railings,
Nozhku divnuju proden'!
Put your wondrous little foot!
Nochnoj zefir
The nocturnal zephyr
Struit `efir,
Stirs the ether,
Shumit,
Roars
Bezhit,
And runs
Gvadalkvivir.
The Guadalquivir.
Composer
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a 19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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…