Where are you, little star? | Where are you, little star? Where are you, bright one?

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by Nikolai Porfiryevich Grekov (1810 - 1866)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Где ты, звёздочка?

(Sung text for setting by M. Musorgsky)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE GER GER

Где ты, звёздочка, ах, где ты, ясная?
Иль затмилася тучей чёрною, тучей чёрною, тучей мрачною?
Где ты, девица, где ты, красная?
Иль покинула друга милого?
Друга милого, ненаглядного

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Туча чёрная скрыла звёздочку,
Земля хладная взяла девицу.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

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Modest Petrovich Musorgsky

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by Nikolai Porfiryevich Grekov (1810 - 1866), "Где ты, звёздочка?", written 1840?

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ENG English (Erin Franklin) , "Where are you little star?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Where are you, little star?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Où es-tu, petite étoile ?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "Wo bist du, Sternlein?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sternlein, wo bist du?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Where are you, little star?

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Musorgsky)

See original

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Where are you, little star? Where are you, bright one? 
Have you been eclipsed by a black cloud, by a black cloud, a fearsome one? 
Where are you, young maiden, where are you, beautiful one? 
Have you left your dear friend, your dear friend, your beloved one? 

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Musorsky's version.

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