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by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Пахнет полем воздух чистый
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Пахнет полем воздух чистый... 
В безмятежной тишине
Песни птички голосистой
Раздаются в вышине. 

Есть у ней своя подруга,
Есть у ней приют ночной,
Средь некошеного луга,
Под росистою травой. 

В небесах, но не для неба,
Вся полна живых забот,
Для земли, не ради хлеба,
Птичка весело поёт. 

Внемля ей, невольно стыдно
И досадно, что порой
Сердцу гордому завидна
Доля птички полевой!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Птичка", first published 1845 [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 Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Пахнет полем воздух чистый" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pavel Petrovich Bulakhov (1824 - 1875), "Птичка" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Olga Andreyevna Donaurova (1851 - 1918), "Птичка" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Птичка" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Птичка" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Пахнет полем воздух чистый", op. 50 no. 2 (1889) [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Птичка" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ivan Vasilyevich Vasilyev , "Птичка" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 61

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