Играй, Адель,
Не знай печали,
Хариты, Лель
Тебя венчали
И колыбель
Твою качали.

Твоя весна 
Тиха, ясна:
Для наслажденья
Ты рождена.
[Час]1 упоенья
Лови, лови, 
Младые [лета]2
Отдай любви.

И в шуме света
Люби, Адель,
Мою свирель.

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¹ Glinka: "Часы" ("Chasy")
² Glinka: "дни" ("dni")

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Адель", written 1822 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Адель" [sung text checked 1 time]
• possibly by Antonin d'Argenton (flourished c1856), "Адель", published 1856 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andrey Aleksandrovich Bobrinsky (1823 - 1903), "Адель" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Borozdin (1872 - 1887), "Адель", published 1858 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by ? Faresky , "Адель" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Адель", 1849 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by ? Goleyevsky , "Адель" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Valery Grigorevich Kikta (b. 1941), "Играй, Адель" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Grigory Ivanovich Kuzminsky (1794 - 1877), "Адель" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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Word count: 37