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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Узник
 (Sung text for setting by N. Medtner)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Сижу за решёткой в темнице сырой.
Вскормлённый на воле орёл молодой,
Мой грустный товарищ, махая крылом,
Кровавую пищу клюет под окном.

Клюёт и бросает, и смотрит в окно,
Как будто со мною задумал одно,
Зовёт меня взглядом и криком своим
И вымолвить хочет: ,,Давай улетим!

Мы вольные птицы; Пора, брат, пора!
Туда, где за тучей белеет гора,
Туда, где синеют морские края,
Туда, где гуляем лишь ветер... да я!``
Note: written in Kishinyov

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Composition:

    Set to music by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Узник", op. 52 (Семь песен на стихотворения А. Пушкина (Sem' pesen na stikhotvorenija A. Pushkina)) no. 7 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Узник", written 1822

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

  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , "Le captif", first published 1912


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: 70

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