Пела, пела пташечка И затихла; Знало сердце радости И забыло. Что, певунья пташечка, Замолчала? Как ты, сердце, сведалось С чёрным горем? Ах! убили пташечку Злые вьюги; Погубили молодца Злые толки! Полететь бы пташечке К синю морю; Убежать бы молодцу В лес дремучий! -- На море валы шумят, А не вьюги, В лесе звери лютые, Да не люди!
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- by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Русская песня", first published 1824 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev (1829 - 1893), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by I. G. Litander , "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nolinsky , "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Пела, пела пташечка", op. 48 no. 9 (1852) [ duet for alto and soprano with piano ], from Двенадцать дуэтов (Dvenadcat' du`etov) = Twelve duets, no. 9, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pyotr Petrovich Shenk (1870 - ?), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798 - 1868), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , no title, appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 6. Volksweisen als Intermezzo, no. 7 ; composed by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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Sang wohl, sang das Vögelein, Und verstummte. Ward dem Herzen Freude kund, Und Vergessen. Vöglein, das so gerne singt, Warum schweigt es? Herz, was ist mit dir geschehn, Daß du traurig? Ach, das Vöglein tödtete Rauher Schneesturm, Und das Herz des Jünglings brach Böses Reden. Wär' das Vöglein gern geflogen Fort zum Meere, Wär' der Jüngling gern entflohen In die Wälder. In dem Meere treibt die Flut, Doch nicht Schneesturm -- Wilde Thiere birgt der Wald, Doch nicht Menschen.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Friedrich Bodenstedt, Ausgewählte Dichtungen, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Gheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. v. Decker), 1864, page 176.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 6. Volksweisen als Intermezzo, no. 7 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Русская песня", first published 1824 and misattributed to Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Sang wohl, sang das Vöglein", op. 25 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Brüssel, London, New York: Breifkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Sang das Vögelein", op. 48 no. 2, from Двенадцать дуэтов (Dvenadcat' du`etov) = Twelve duets, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "[It] sang, [it] sang, the little bird", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-22
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Word count: 78