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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Kon`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
«Chto ty' rzhyosh`, moj kon` retivy'j,
Chto ty' sheyu opustil,
Ne potryaxivaesh` grivoj,
Ne gry'zesh` svoix udil?
Ali ya tebya ne xolyu?
Ali esh` ovsa ne vvolyu?
Ali sbruya ne krasna?
Al` povod`ya ne shelkovy',
Ne serebryany' podkovy',
Ne zlacheny' stremena?»

Otvechaet kon` pechal`ny'j:
«Ottogo ya prismirel,
Chto ya sly'shu topot dal`ny'j,
Trubny'j zvuk i pen`e strel;
Ottogo ya rzhu, chto v pole
Uzh ne dolgo mne gulyat`,
Prozhivat` v krase i v xole,
Svetloj sbruej shhegolyat`;
Chto uzh skoro vrag surovy'j
Sbruyu vsyu moyu voz`met
I serebryany' podkovy'
S lyogkix nog moix sderet;
Ottogo moj dux i noet,
Chto namesto chapraka
Kozhej on tvoej pokroet
Mne vspotevshie boka.»

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Конь", appears in Песни западных славян (Pesni zapadnykh slavjan), no. 16, first published 1834 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Конь", op. 99 no. 3 (1915), published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Шесть песен западных славян = Six poésies illyriques tirées de la "Guzla" de Prosper Mérimée traduites par A. Pouchkine et mises en musique, no. 3, Petrograd: M.P. Belaieff [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Конь", op. 29 (Семь стихотворений А. Пушкина (Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Pushkina)) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 109

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