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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

V pusty'ne chaxloj i skupoj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
V pusty'ne chaxloj i skupoj,
na pochve, znoem raskalennoj,
anchar, kak grozny'j chasovoj, 
stoit odin vo vsej vselennoj.

Priroda zhazhdushhix stepej
ego v den` gneva porodila
i zelen` mertvy'yu vetvej,
i korni yadom napoila.

Yad kaplet skvoz` ego koru,
[k poludnyu]1 rastopyas` ot znoyu,
i zasty'vaet vvecheru
gustoj, prozrachnoyu smoloyu.

K nemu i pticza ne letit,
i [tigr]2 nejdot: lish` vixor` chyorny'j
na drevo smerti nabezhit -
i mchitsya proch` uzhe tletvorny'j.

I esli tucha orosit,
bluzhdaya, list ego dremuchij,
s ego vetvej uzh yadovit
stekaet dozhd` v pesok goryuchij.

No cheloveka chelovek
poslal k ancharu vlastny'm vzglyadom;
i [tot]3 poslushno v put` potek,
i k utru vozvratilsya s yadom.

Prinyos on smertnuyu smolu
[da]4 vetv` s uvyadshimi listami,
i pot po blednomu chelu
struilsya xladny'mi ruch`yami;

prinyos i oslabel, i lyog
pod svodom shalasha na ly'ki,
i umer bedny'j rab u nog
nepobedimogo vlady'ki.

A czar` tem yadom napital
svoi poslushlivy'e strely'
i s nimi gibel` razoslal
k sosedyam v chuzhdy'e predely'.

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•   A. Arensky •   N. Rimsky-Korsakov 

A. Arensky sets stanzas 1-2, 4, 6-9

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1 Rimsky-Korsakov: "поутру" ("poutru")
2 Rimsky-Korsakov: "зверь" ("zver'")
3 Rimsky-Korsakov: "он" ("on")
4 Arensky: "и" ("i")

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Анчар" [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Анчар", op. 14, stanzas 1-2,4,6-9 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Анчар", op. 16 (Три романсов на слова А. Пушкина (Tri romansov na slova A. Pushkina) = Three romances on words by A. Pushkin) no. 1 (1923) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Анчар - древо смерти", op. 49 (2 Ариозо для баса с сопровождением фортепиано (Ariozo dlja basa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 (1882-1897) [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Catulle Mendès) , "L'Antchar", appears in Petits poèmes russes, in 1. Pouchkine, no. 1, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, first published 1893
  • FRE French (Français) (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev) (Gustave Flaubert) , "L’Antchar", subtitle: "L’arbre de la mort", first published 1876


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 166

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