Полюбила я на печаль свою | Полюбила я

by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861)

Translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Полюбила я

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Ukrainian (Українська)

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Полюбила я,
На печаль свою,
Сиротинушку 
Бесталанного.
Уж такая мне 
Доля выпала!
Разлучили нас
Люди сильные;
Увезли его,
Сдали в рекруты...
И солдаткой я, 
Одинокой я,
Знать, в чужой избе
И состареюсь...
Уж такая мне 
Доля выпала.

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), no title, written 1860, appears in Pesni, no. 5 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Ukrainian (Українська) by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title
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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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Полюбила я на печаль свою", op. 8 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dmitry Andreyevich Usatov (1847 - 1913), "Полюбила я на печаль свою", 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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