by Semyon Yakovlevich Nadson (1862 - 1887)
Ya‑b umeret` xotel na kry'l`yax upoen`ya
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
Ya-b umeret` xotel na kry'l`yax upoen`ya, V lenivom polusne, naveyannom mechtoj, Bez muk raskayan`ya, bez py'tki razmy'shlen`ya, Bez malodushny'x slyoz proshhaniya s zemlej. Ya-b umeret` xotel dushistoyu vesnoyu, V zapushhennom sadu, v blagouxanny'j den`, Chto-b kupy' temny'x lip dremali nado mnoyu, I koly'xalasya czvetushhaya siren`. Chto-b ryadom by' ruchej tainstvenny'm zhurchan`em Nemuyu tishinu trevozhil i budil, I sinij nebosklon torzhestvenny'm molchan`em Ob rajskoj vechnosti mne vnyatno govoril... Chto-b ne molilsya ya, ne plakal umiraya, A sladko zadremal, i chtoby' snilos` mne... Chto ya ply'vu... ply'vu, i chto volna nemaya Bezzvuchno otdaet menya drugoj volne...
A. Davydov sets stanzas 1-3
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Text Authorship:
- by Semyon Yakovlevich Nadson (1862 - 1887), "Мелодия" [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Я-б умереть хотел" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "Мелодия", op. 17 no. 1, published [1893] [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg, Zimmermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivan Ivanovich Chernov (1872 - 1952), "Я б умереть хотел на крыльях упоенья" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Davydovich Davydov (1849 - 1911), "Мелодия", published 1895, stanzas 1-3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev (1829 - 1893), "Мелодия" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike (1877 - 1957), "Мелодия" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Мелодия", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 9 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "Я б умереть хотел", op. 49 (Шесть романсов) no. 6, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Melodia", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 94