by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
Восточная песня See original
Language: Russian (Русский)
Пленившись розой, соловей
И день и ночь поёт над ней;
...
На лире так певец иной
Поёт для девы молодой;
Он страстью пламенной сгорает,
А дева милая не знает --
Кому поёт и отчего
Печальны песни так его?...
Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-2,5-10 of the original text.
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Note on TransliterationsComposition:
- Set to music by Nikolai Vasil'yevich Artsybushev (1858 - 1937), "Восточная песня", lines 1-2,5-10 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Соловей"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The nightingale and the rose"
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "A nightingale", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amanda Cole) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le rossignol", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 46