Где наша роза?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: CHI ENG
Где наша роза?
Друзья мои!
Увяла роза,
Дитя зари!...
Не говори:
Вот жизни младость,
[Не]1 повтори:
Так вянет радость,
[В душе]2 скажи:
[Прости!]3 жалею.....
И на лилею
Нам укажи.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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1 Glinka: "Но" ("No")
2 Glinka: "Вздохнув" ("Vzdokhnuv")
3 Glinka: "Увы" ("Uvy")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Yury Karlovich Arnold (1811 - 1898), "Роза" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Где наша роза", 1837 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Где наша роза?", op. 383 (Acht Lieder nach Alexandr S. Puschkin) no. 1 (2025) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902 - 1963), "Роза" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Lvovich Tolstoy (1863 - 1947), "Где наша роза" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Роза", op. 3 no. 1 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Застольная песнь Но. 2", op. 31 no. 3 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Moscow, Leipzig: Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Arshak Andriasov, Valery Grigorevich Kikta, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2020
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 32
Where is our rose?
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
Where is our rose?
My friends!
The rose has withered,
This child of the dawn!...
Do not say
"Such is the life-cycle of youth",
[Do not]1 repeat
"Such is how joy fades";
Instead say [in your soul]2:
"[Forgive me]3, I grieve..."
And to the lily
Direct your attention.
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Translations of titles
"Где наша роза" = "Where is our rose?"
"Роза" = "The rose"
Translator's note: flowers have a rich history of symbolism in literature. Roses often symbolize love and enduring passion, and lilies often symbolize humility and devotion. Lilies are also associated with funerals because they often symbolize the soul's return to innocence after death.
1 Glinka: "Nor"
2 Glinka: "sighing"
3 Glinka: "Alas"
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Line count: 12
Word count: 52