by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
V temnom ade, pod zemleju
Language: Russian (Русский)
V temnom ade, pod [zemleju], Teni greshnye tomjatsja; Stonut devy, plachut zheny, I toskujut, i krushatsja... Vsjo o tom, chto ne dokhodjat Vesti v adskije predely -2 Jest' li nebo goluboje? Jest' li svet jeshchjo tam belyj? [I na]3 svete -- cerkvi bozh'i I ikony zolotye, I kak prezhde, za stankami, Tkut li devy molodye?
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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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Text Authorship:
- 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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