Alexander Borodin - Medlenno den ugasal (Slowly the day has faded) (Prince Igor)

Jack Roberts sings Vladimir's enchanting soliloquy from Borodin's opera at the 2021 HGO Concert. www.hgo.org.uk
Medlenno den' ugasal,
Solntse za lesom sadilos',
Zori vecherniye merkli,
Noch' nadvigalas' na zemlyu,
Teni nochnyye chornym
pokrovom step' zastilali.
Toplaya yuzhnaya noch'!
Grozy lyubvi navevaya,
Razlivaya negu v krovi,
zovot k svidan'yu.
Zhdosh' li ty menya, moya milaya?
Chuyu serdtsem, chto zhdosh' ty menya.
Akh, gdye ty, gdye?
Otzovis' na zov lyubvi!
Akh, skoro li ya uvizhu tebya!
Ty pridi! Skorey, skorey
Na zov lyubvi otzovis'!
Vspomni: ya v toske, grud' gorit,
Ya zhdu, strastno zhdu ya tebya,
Lyubvi tvoyey!
Bol'she zhizni ya lyublyu tebya!
Chto zh ty medlish', drug moy?
Vstan', pridi ko mne!
Ne boysya, vse davno zasnuli,
Krugom vso krepko spit,
Vso mirno, tikho spit.
Akh, gdye ty, gdye?
Otzovis' na zov lyubvi!
Akh! Dozhdus' li ya laski nezhnoy tvoyey?
Ty pridi, skorey nazov lyubvi otzovis'!
Pridi pod krovom tomnoy nochi,
Kogda i les, i vody spyat,
Kogda lish' zvozdy, neba ochi,
Odni na nas s toboy glyadyat.
Krugom vsyo mirno, tikho spit,
Krepko spit. Pridi!
Slowly the day has faded
The sun has set behind the forest
Twilight has vanished,
Night falls on the earth.
The shadows of the night
cover the steppe in blackness.
Warm southern night!
Casting dreams of love,
Spilling bliss in blood,
calls farewell.
Are you waiting for me, my dear?
I feel in my heart that you are waiting for me.
Oh, where are you, where?
Answer the call of love!
Ah, how soon will I see you!
You come! Hurry, Hurry
To answer the call of love! Remember: I'm in anguish, my breast Is ablaze, I'm waiting passionately for you.
Your love! I love you more than life
Why do you delay, my friend?
Arise, come to me!
Do not fear, all here are sound asleep
Everything around is fast asleep.
Everything is peaceful, sleeping.
Oh, where are you, where?
Answer the call of love!
Oh! must I wait for your tender caress?
Come soon, answer the call of love!
Come in the cover of the dark night
When both forest and waters sleep,
When only stars, the eyes of the sky,
Are looking at you and me.
Everything is peaceful around, sleeping quietly, sound asleep. Come!

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Amazing!

[@AndreyTikhomirov]

Unexpected! And very good.