Дарует небо человеку
Заменю слёз и частых бед:
Блажен факир, у зревший Меку
На старости печальных лет.

Блажен, кто славный брег Дуная
Своею смертью освятит:
[К нему]1 навстречу дева рая
С улыбкой [страстной]2 полетит.

Но тот блаженней о Зарема,
Кто, мир и негу возлюбя,
Как розу, в тишине гарема
Лелеет, милая, тебя.

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¹ Titov: "Ему" ("Jemu")
² Golitsyn: "нежной" ("nezhnoj")

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), from "Bakhchisarajskij fontan" (1822-3), first published 1824 [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 Vladimir Sergeyevich Golitsyn (1794 - 1861), "Татарская песнь", published 1831 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Leonid Leonidovich Lisovsky (1866 - 1934), "Татарская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789 - 1878), "Татарская песня", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (1803 - 1869), "Татарская песня", published 1825 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Afanasievich Spendiarov (1871 - 1928), "Татарская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798 - 1843), "Дарует небо человеку", published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Marie Chopin (1796 - 1870) ; composed by Mme. Chopin.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by A. Wolfahrt , no title ; composed by Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer.
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