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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Перстенёчек золотой
 (Sung text for setting by A. Varlamov)
 See original
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Перстенёчек золотой,
Ненаглядный, дорогой!
Светлой памяти любви
В очи чёрные гляди.

Если грустно будет ей,
Ты потускни, почерней;
Если радость — изменись,
Весь алмазом разгорись!

День забвенья ли придёт,
Душа чувство изживёт —
Тогда, перстень золотой,
Почерней ты сам собой!

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Перстенёчек золотой" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Перстень", written 1836

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The ringlet"
  • ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "The little ring", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-11-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 42

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