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Сладко пел душа-соловушко В зелёном моём саду; Много, много знал он песенок, Слаще не было одной. Ах! та песнь была заветная, Рвала белу грудь тоской; А всё слушать бы [хотелося]1, Не рассталась [бы ввек]2 с ней. Вдруг подула со полуночи: Будто на сердце легла, Снеговая непогодушка И [мой садик]3 занесла. Со того ли со безвременья Опустел зелёный сад : Много пташек, много песен в нём, [Только]4 милой не слыхать.
A. Varlamov sets stanzas 1-3
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Glière: "хотелось" ("khotelos'") (?)
2 Glière: "ввек бы" ("vvek by")
3 Varlamov: "садок мой" ("sadok moj")
4 Glière: "А всё" ("A vsjo")
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- by Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov (1792 - 1869), no title, appears in Последний Новик Роман (Poslednij Novik Roman) [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Сладко пел душа-соловушко", published 1831 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Сладко пел душа соловушко", op. 36 no. 1 (1908) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Соловушка", stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Sweetly sang my beloved Nightingale in my green garden; many, many songs he knew, there was none sweeter. Ah! I treasured that song, my heart would leap from my white breast; I wanted to listen to everything and never part from him. But it stopped suddenly one midnight; the deep, silent snow lay in my heart even as it had taken away my garden. From that eternity my green garden has returned; there are many birds, many songs there, but I do not hear anything sweet.
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Translation of title "Сладко пел душа‑соловушко" = "Sweetly sang my beloved Nightingale"Authorship
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Jennifer Gliere, (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) by Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov (1792 - 1869), no title, appears in Последний Новик Роман (Poslednij Novik Roman)
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-20
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Word count: 86