by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852)
Staryj rycar'
Language: Russian (Русский)
On byl vesnoj svojej V zemle obetovannoj I mnogo slavnykh dnej Provjol v trevoge brannoj. Tam vetku ot svyatoj Olivy otorval on; Na shlem zheleznyj svoj Tu vetku navjazal on. S nevernym on vragom, Nosja tu vetku, bilsja I s neju v otchij dom Proslavlen vozvratilsja. Tu vetku posadil Sam v zemlju on rodnuju I chasto prinosil Jei vodu kljuchevuju. On stal starik sedoj, I sila mysh propala; Iz vetki molodoj Oliva drevom stala. Pod neju chasto on Sidit, ujedinennyj, V nevyrazimyj son Dushoju pogruzhennyj. Nad nim, kak drug, stoit, Obnjav jego sediny, I vetvjami shumit Oliva Palestiny; I, vnemlja jej vo sne, Vzdykhajet on gluboko O slavnoj starine I o zemle dalekoj.
Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
Note on TransliterationsShow untransliterated (original) text
Authorship:
- by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Старый рыцарь", op. 27 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = 6 romances) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 113