“The flower has faded”, song for voice and piano, TN II/53/2 (Rachmaninov)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)

“The flower has faded”, song for voice and piano, TN II/53/2 (1900)


An independent song for voice and piano, without an authorial opus number.

Words by Daniil Rathaus. Original Russian title: «Óâÿë öâåòîê».

Sung text (Russian):
Óâÿë öâåòîê!
Ëàçóðíûì óòðîì ìàÿ...Read more
An independent song for voice and piano, without an authorial opus number.

Words by Daniil Rathaus. Original Russian title: «Óâÿë öâåòîê».

Sung text (Russian):
Óâÿë öâåòîê!
Ëàçóðíûì óòðîì ìàÿ
Íàøëà ãðîçà.
Ñëîìèëñÿ ñòåáåëåê…
È, ñëîâíî ñëåçû,
Ëåïåñòêè ðîíÿÿ,
Óâÿë öâåòîê!

Òåáÿ ëþáèë îí
Ñ íåçåìíîþ ñèëîé,
Êàê òîëüêî æðåö
Ëþáèòü áîãèíþ ìîã, -
Íî òû âçÿòà
Áåçæàëîñòíîé ìîãèëîé…
Óâÿë öâåòîê!

×óæîé ìå÷òàì,
×óæîé æåëàíüÿì ÿñíûì,
Òâîé áåäíûé äðóã
Äóøîþ èçíåìîã.
Âîçâðàòà íåò ê óãàñøèì
Äíÿì ïðåêðàñíûì…
Óâÿë öâåòîê! Óâÿë öâåòîê!

The modern scholarly index dates the work to 1900. Older references tentatively give 1893.

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