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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Не пой, красавица, при мне
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA JPN
Не пой, красавица, при мне
Ты песен Грузии печальной;
Напоминают мне оне
Другую жизнь и берег дальний.

Увы, напоминают мне
Твои жестокие напевы
И степь, и ночь, и при луне
Черты далекой, бедной девы!

Я [призрак]1 милый, роковой,
Тебя увидев, забываю;
Но ты поёшь, и предо мной
Его я вновь воображаю.

Не пой, красавица, при мне
Ты песен Грузии печальной;
Напоминают мне оне
Другую жизнь и берег дальний.

M. Glinka sets stanzas 1-2

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Note: modern Russian would spell "оне" as "они" ("oni")

1 Rimsky-Korsakov: "образ" ("obraz")

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1828, first published 1829

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

  • ENG English (Anton Bespalov) (Rianne Stam) , "Do not sing, my beauty, to me", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Non cantarmi mia bellezza", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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: 68

O sing, du Schöne, sing' mir nicht
 (Sung text for setting by R. Stöckhardt)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Russian (Русский) 
O sing, du Schöne, sing mir nicht
Georgiens wehmutvolle Lieder,
Sie wecken wie ein Traumgesicht
Mir fernes Land und Leben wieder.

Auf mich herein in wilder Pein
Aus deinen Liedern bricht es;
Die Steppennacht, der Mondenschein,
Der Schmerz des kindlichen Gesichtes -

Die liebliche Gestalt, bei dir
Vergess' ich sie, und ach! wie so gerne --
Doch wenn du singst, erscheint sie mir
Und ruft mich grausam in die Ferne.

O sing, du Schöne, sing mir nicht
Georgiens wehmutvolle Lieder,
Sie wecken wie ein Traumgesicht
Mir fernes Land und Leben wieder.

Composition:

    Set to music by Reinhold Stöckhardt (1831 - 1901), "O sing, du Schöne, sing' mir nicht", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für eine Tenorstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1873 [ tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1828, first published 1829
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Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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