by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Plenny'j ry'czar`
Language: Russian (Русский)
Molcha sizhu pod okoshkom temnicy'; Sinee nebo otsyuda mne vidno: V nebe igrayut vsyo vol`ny'e pticy'; Glyadya na nix, mne i bol`no i sty'dno. Net na ustax moix greshnoj molitvy', Netu ni pesni vo slavu lyubeznoj: Pomnyu ya tol`ko starinny'e bitvy', Mech moj tyazhely'j da pancir` zhelezny'j. V kamenny'j pancir` ya ny'ne zakovan, Kamenny'j shlem moyu golovu davit, Shhit moj ot strel i mecha zakoldovan, Kon` moj bezhit, i nikto im ne pravit. By'stroe vremya — moj kon` neizmenny'j, Shlema zabralo — reshetka bojnicy', Kamenny'j pancir` — vy'sokie steny', Shhit moj — chugunny'e dveri temnicy'. Mchis` zhe by'stree, letuchee vremya! Dushno pod novoj broneyu mne stalo! Smert`, kak priedem, poderzhit mne stremya; Slezu i sdernu s licza ya zabralo.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Пленный рыцарь" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876 - 1945), "Пленный рыцарь", op. 8 (3 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано) = Vier Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Пленный рыцарь", op. 28 (Семь романсов на слова М. Лермонтова (Sem' romansov na slova M. Lermontova) = Seven romances on words by M. Lermontov) no. 2 (c1935-1940), published 1941 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Muzgiz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktoriya Sergeyevna Levitskaya (1911 - 1988), "Пленный рыцарь" [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 119