by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)
Kanarejka
Language: Russian (Русский)
Govorit sultansha kanarejke: «Ptichka! luchshe v tereme vysokom Shebetat' i pesni pet' Zjulejke, Chem porkhat' na Zapade dalekom? Spoj zhe, spoj zhe mne pro za-more, pevichka, Spoj zhe, spoj zhe mne pro Zapad, neposedka! Jest' li tam takoje nebo, ptichka, Jest' li tam takoj garem i kletka? U kogo tam stol'ko roz byvalo? U kogo iz shakhov jest' Zjulejka - I podnjat' li tak jej pokryvalo?» Jej v otvet shchebechet kanarejka: «Ne prosi s menja zamorskikh pesen, Ne budi toski mojej bez nuzhdy: Tvoj garem no nashim pesnjam tesen, I slova ikh odaliskam chuzhdy... Ty v lenivoj drjome rascvetala, Kak i vsja krugom tebja priroda, I ne znajesh' -- dazhe ne slykhala, Chto u pesni jest' sestra -- svoboda.»
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Text Authorship:
- by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), "Канарейка" [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 Vladimir Evgenevich Byutsov (1887 - 1959), "Канарейка", op. 1 (12 романсов) no. 2, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov (1849 - 1927), "Канарейка" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Канарейка", op. 25 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 4 (1874) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Canary", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le canari", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 116