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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Plennyj rycar'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Molcha sizhu pod okoshkom temnicy; 
Sineje nebo otsjuda mne vidno: 
V nebe igrajut vsjo vol'nye pticy; 
Gljadja na nikh, mne i bol'no i stydno.

Net na ustakh moikh greshnoj molitvy, 
Netu ni pesni vo slavu ljubeznoj: 
Pomnju ja tol'ko starinnye bitvy, 
Mech moj tjazhelyj da pancir' zheleznyj.

V kamennyj pancir' ja nyne zakovan, 
Kamennyj shlem moju golovu davit, 
Shchit moj ot strel i mecha zakoldovan, 
Kon' moj bezhit, i nikto im ne pravit.

Bystroje vremja — moj kon' neizmennyj, 
Shlema zabralo — reshetka bojnicy, 
Kamennyj pancir' — vysokije steny, 
Shchit moj — chugunnye dveri temnicy.

Mchis' zhe bystreje, letucheje vremja! 
Dushno pod novoj broneju mne stalo! 
Smert', kak prijedem, poderzhit mne stremja; 
Slezu i sdernu s lica ja 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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