Irina Arkhipova Sings "On The Hills of Georgia. " Poem by Pushkin, Music by Rimsky-Korsakov. The great Russian Mezzo-Soprano was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1966. Here she sings a very well known art song, based on a Pushkin poem. Lyrics below, in both Russian and English:
На холмах Грузии лежит ночная мгла; The night mist lies on the hills of Georgia:
Шумит Арагва предо мною. Before me the river Aragva roars.
Мне грустно и легко; печаль моя светла; I am sad and yet at the same time calm
Печаль моя полна тобою, As in my despondency I feel no anxiety,
Тобой, одной тобой... Унынья моего For my dark sadness is made light by you,
Ничто не мучит, не тревожит, By you alone, I am full of you.
И сердце вновь горит и любит - оттого, The heart burns and beats again,
Что не любить оно не может. Because it cannot fail to love you!
31 окт 2011
