Sladko pel duša-solovuško
V zelënom moëm sadu;
Mnogo, mnogo znal on pesenok,
Slašče ne bylo odnoj.

Ach! ta pesn' byla zavetnaja,
Rvala belu grud' toskoj;
A vsë slušat' by [chotelosja]1,
Ne rasstalas' [by vvek]2 s nej.

Vdrug podula so polunoči:
Budto na serdce legla, 
Snegovaja nepogoduška 
I [moj sadik]3 zanesla.

So togo li so bezvremen'ja
Opustel zelënyj sad :
Mnogo ptašek, mnogo pesen v nëm,
[Tol'ko]4 miloj ne slychat'.

A. Varlamov sets stanzas 1-3

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¹ Glière: "хотелось" ("khotelos'") (?)
² Glière: "ввек бы" ("vvek by")
³ Varlamov: "садок мой" ("sadok moj")
⁴ Glière: "А всё" ("A vsjo")

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Text Authorship:

• by Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov (1792 - 1869), no title, appears in Последний Новик Роман (Poslednij Novik Roman) [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Сладко пел душа-соловушко", published 1831 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Сладко пел душа соловушко", op. 36 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Six Romances) no. 1 (1908) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Соловушка", stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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