by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Chyornaya shal`
Language: Russian (Русский)
Glyazhu, kak bezumny'j, na chyornuyu shal`, I xladnuyu dushu terzaet pechal`. Kogda legkoveren i molod ya by'l, [Mladuyu grechanku]1 ya strastno lyubil. Prelestnaya deva laskala menya; No skoro ya dozhil do chyornogo dnya. Odnazhdy' ya sozval vesely'x gostej: Ko mne postuchalsya prezrenny'j evrej. S toboyu piruyut (shepnul on) druz`ya; Tebe zh izmenila grechanka tvoya. YA dal emu zlata i proklyal ego, I vernogo pozval raba [moego.]2 My' vy'shli: ya mchalsya na [by'strom]3 kone; I krotkaya zhalost` molchala vo mne. Edva ya zavidel grechanki porog, Glaza potemneli, ya ves` iznemog... [V pokoj otdalenny'j vxozhu ya odin...]4 Nevernuyu devu lobzal armyanin. Ne vzvidel ya sveta; bulat zagremel... Prervat` poceluya zlodej ne uspel. Bezglavoe telo ya dolgo toptal, I molcha na devu, bledneya, vziral. YA pomnyu molen`ya, tekushhuyu krov`... Pogibla grechanka, pogibla lyubov`. S glavy' eyo mertvoj snyav chyornuyu shal`, Oter ya bezmolvno krovavuyu stal`. Moj rab, kak nastala vechernyaya mgla, V dunajskie volny' ix brosil tepla. S tex por ne celuyu prelestny'x ochej. Glyazhu, kak bezumny'j, na chyornuyu shal`, I xladnuyu dushu terzaet pechal`.
Y. Genishta sets stanzas 1-6
Note: in 1828 Pushkin removed 8 lines from the end. The version above is from 1820.
1 Genishta, Verstovsky: "Гречанку младую" ("Grechanku mladuju")2 Genishta, Verstovsky: "своего" ("svojego")
3 Genishta, Verstovsky: "борзом" ("borzom")
4 Genishta, Verstovsky: "Вхожу в отдалённый покой я один..." ("Vkhozhu v otdalennyj pokoj ja odin...")
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Чёрная шаль", written 1820, first published 1821 [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 Yosif Yosifovich Genishta (1795 - 1853), "Чёрная шаль", published 1828, stanzas 1-6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksei Nikolayevich Verstovsky (1799 - 1862), "Чёрная шаль", 1823, published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky (1788 - 1856), "Чёрная шаль", published 1828 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 31
Word count: 172