«Я -- цветок полевой, я -- лилия долин.»
  « ,,Голубица моя белолонная,
Между юных подруг -- словно в тернии крин.»
  « Словно [яблонь]1 в цвету благовонная
[Посредине]2 бесплодных деревьев лесных,
   Милый мой - меж друзей молодых;
[Я под тень его сесть восхотела - и села,
     И плоды его сладкие ела.
Проведите меня в дом вина и пиров,
   Одарите любовною властию,
Положите на одр из душистых цветов:
   Я больна, я уязвлена страстию.
Вот рука его здесь, под моей головой;
   Он меня обнимает другой...
Заклинаю вас, юные девы Шалима,
   Я должна, я хочу быть любима!]3»

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¹ Musorgsky: "mirta"
² Musorgsky: "Mezh"
³ omitted by Musorgsky; instead he has: "Gde ty, milyj moj, krasavec moj?"

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• by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, appears in Еврейские песни (Jevrejskije pesni) = Jewish songs, no. 3 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon (Canticum Canticorum Salomonis); or Canticle of Canticles, no. 2
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849 - 1911), as Войтех Иванович Главач, "Я цветок полевой, я лилея долин" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Еврейская песня", 1867 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Песня песен", op. 47 (2 Дуэта с сопровождением фортепиано (2 Du`eta s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 2 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from The Song of Songs: 2:10-13 [an adaptation] ; composed by Matthew King.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, The Song of Solomon, Chapter 2 ; composed by John La Montaine, Henry Purcell, David Sisco, Howard Skempton.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Elaine Fine.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Elaine Fine.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Vivian Fine.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Song of Songs 2:3 ; composed by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Song of Songs 2:8 ; composed by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur.
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• Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Guillaume Bouzignac.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Hebrew song ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Hebräisches Lied"

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