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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Новогреческая песня
 (Sung text for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
В темном аде, под землею,
Тени грешные томятся;
Стонут девы, плачут жены,
И тоскуют, и крушатся...
Всё о том, что не доходят
Вести в адские пределы -
Zheny plachut, stonut: 
Есть ли небо голубое?
Есть ли свет ещё там белый?
Jest' li v свете -- церкви божьи
И иконы золотые,
И как прежде, за станками,
Ткут ли девы молодые?

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Новогреческая песня", op. 16 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6

Text Authorship:

  • by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 30

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "Neo-Greek Song", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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