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by Bible or other Sacred Texts
Translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)

Еврейская песня
 (Sung text for setting by M. Musorgsky)
 See original
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Latin 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
«Я -- цветок полевой, я -- лилия долин.»
  « ,,Голубица моя белолонная,
Между юных подруг -- словно в тернии крин.»
  « Словно мирта в цвету благовонная
Меж бесплодных деревьев лесных,
   Милый мой - меж друзей молодых;
Где ты, милый мой, красавец мой?»

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Еврейская песня", 1867

Text Authorship:

  • by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, appears in Еврейские песни (Jevrejskije pesni) = Jewish songs, no. 2 [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Hebrew song ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Hebräisches Lied"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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