by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
Translation by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853 - 1900)
Dlja menja vopros mudrenyj
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch)
Dlja menja vopros mudrenyj I trudnejšaja zadača — Ėto stan moej Zulejki, Ibo on tak divno tonok, Čto ego sčitat' ja dolžen Za čistejšee ničto,— I odnako ž on est' nečto: Bytie s nebytiem Zdes' slivajutsja v edinstve Osjazatel'no prostom, A rassudok pobeždennyj Umolkaet so stydom.
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Confirmed with В. С. Соловьёв, Стихотворения и шуточные пьесы, Л.: Советский писатель, 1974, page 190.
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Authorship:
- by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853 - 1900), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) [text unavailable]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Вопрос мудрёный" [sung text not yet checked]
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