by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
В темном аде, под землею
Language: Russian (Русский)
В темном аде, под [землею], Тени грешные томятся; Стонут девы, плачут жены, И тоскуют, и крушатся... Всё о том, что не доходят Вести в адские пределы -2 Есть ли небо голубое? Есть ли свет ещё там белый? [И на]3 свете -- церкви божьи И иконы золотые, И как прежде, за станками, Ткут ли девы молодые?
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Tchaikovsky: "zemlej"
2 Tchaikovsky adds the line: "Zheny plachut, stonut: "
3 Tchaikovsky: "Jest' li v"
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Note on TransliterationsAuthorship
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 30 [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Новогреческая песня", op. 16 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "Neo-Greek Song", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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