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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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 119

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