Где ты, звёздочка?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG FRE GER GER
Где ты, звёздочка, ах, где ты, ясная?
Иль затмилася тучей [мрачною]1?
Где ты, девица, где ты, красная?
Иль покинула друга милого?2
И я с горести, со лютой тоски,
Пойду во поле, поле чистое,
Не увижу ли ясной звездочки,
Я не встречу ли красной девицы?
Туча чёрная скрыла звёздочку,
Земля хладная взяла девицу.
M. Musorgsky sets stanzas 1, 3
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1 Musorgsky: "чёрною, тучей чёрною, тучей мрачною" ("chjornoju, tuchej chjornoju, tuchej mrachnoju")
2 Musorgsky adds "Друга милого, ненаглядного" ("Druga milogo, nenagljadnogo?")
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Konstantin Petrovich Galler (1845 - 1888), "Где ты, звёздочка?" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Где ты, звёздочка?", 1857, published 1911, stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by N. V. Pilikin , "Где ты, звёздочка?", 1903 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Где ты, звёздочка?", published 1840? [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Erin Franklin) , "Where are you little star?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Where are you, little star?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Où es-tu, petite étoile ?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "Wo bist du, Sternlein?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sternlein, wo bist du?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 52
Where are you, little star?
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский)
Where are you, little star? Where are you, bright one?
Have you been eclipsed by a black cloud, by a black cloud, a fearsome one?
Where are you, young maiden, where are you, beautiful one?
Have you left your dear friend, your dear friend, your beloved one?
A black cloud has covered the little star,
Cold earth has taken the young maiden.
Note: this is a translation of Musorsky's version.
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