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by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831) and sometimes misattributed to Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Pela, pela ptashechka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Pela, pela ptashechka
  I zatixla;
Znalo serdce radosti
  I zaby'lo. 

Chto, pevun`ya ptashechka,
  Zamolchala? 
Kak ty', serdce, svedalos`
  S chyorny'm gorem? 

Ax! ubili ptashechku
  Zly'e v`yugi;
Pogubili molodcza
  Zly'e tolki! 

Poletet` by' ptashechke
  K sinyu moryu;
Ubezhat` by' molodczu
  V les dremuchij! --

Na more valy' shumyat,
  A ne v`yugi,
V lese zveri lyuty'e,
  Da ne lyudi!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Русская песня", first published 1824 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • sometimes misattributed to Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev (1829 - 1893), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by I. G. Litander , "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nolinsky , "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Пела, пела пташечка", op. 48 no. 9 (1852) [ duet for alto and soprano with piano ], from Двенадцать дуэтов (Dvenadcat' du`etov) = Twelve duets, no. 9, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Pyotr Petrovich Shenk (1870 - ?), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798 - 1868), "Русская песня" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , no title, appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 6. Volksweisen als Intermezzo, no. 7 ; composed by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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