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Отчего, скажи, душа-девица, ты сидишь теперь пригорюнилась и безмолвная на дороженьку ты, вздохнув, глядишь не насмотришься? Иль с тобой при тебе нету милого, иль остыла в нем кровь горячая, или ты ему уж наскучила, иль забыл тебя твой сердечный друг? Нет, мой милый друг не забыл меня и не то щемит сердце бедное, а я милова в дальну сторону, в путь-дороженьку снаряжаю я, а я милова в дальну сторону, в путь-дороженьку снаряжаю я.
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- possibly by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- possibly by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) [author's text not yet checked 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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Отчего, скажи, душа-девица", 1858, published 1867. [text verified 1 time]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Отчего, скажи" [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , title 1: "Tell me, why, beautiful maiden", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , title 1: "Sag warum"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Pourquoi, dis-moi, belle jeune fille", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website: 2003-11-13 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:59
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Word count: 73
Pourquoi, dis-moi, belle jeune fille, Es-tu assise maintenant si tristement, Et en silence au bord de la petite route Soupires-tu en regardant au loin ? Est-ce que ton chéri n'est pas près de toi, Ou bien sa passion s'est refroidie, Ou bien il s'est lassé de toi, Ou bien il t'a oublié, l'ami de ton cœur ? Non, mon cher ami ne m'a pas quitté Et ce n'est pas ce qui fait mal à mon cœur, Vers une région éloignée, Pour une longue route je l'équipe, Vers une région éloignée, Pour une longue route je l'équipe.
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) possibly by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) and possibly by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Text added to the website: 2015-10-28 00:00:00
Last modified: 2015-10-28 13:55:57
Line count: 14
Word count: 96