by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)
Zachem?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Zachem [ty' mne]1 prisnilasya, Krasavicza dalyokaya, I vspy'xnula, chto v poly'me, Podushka odinokaya? Ox, sgin` ty', polunochnicza! Glaza tvoi lenivy'e I pepel kos rassy'pchaty'j, I guby' gordelivy'e - Vsyo nayavu mne snilosya, I vsyo, chto gryoza veshnyaya, Umchalosya, -- i na serdce Legla pot`ma kromeshnaya! Zachem zhe ty' prisnilasya, Krasavicza dalyokaya, Kol` sty'net vmeste s gryozoyu Polushka odinokaya?
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1 Tchaikovsky: "же ты" (zhe ty)
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1 Tchaikovsky: "же ты" (zhe ty)
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Text Authorship:
- by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), "Зачем?", written 1861 [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 Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov (1849 - 1927), "Зачем" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Зачем?", op. 28 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 3 (1875) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Why?", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pourquoi ?", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 57