by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (1863 - ?)
Translation Singable translation by Lina Esbeer (1875 - 1912)
Ты хочешь знать, зачем порой
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ты хочешь знать, зачем порой Мои уста дрожат страданьем, И взор туманится слезой, Весёлый смех -- звучит рыданьем? И отчего стал бледный, хилый, Румяный прежде, цвет ланит, И отчего в очах унылый, А не весёлый свет горит? Цветет на солнце лишь цветок И без лучей любимых, милых, Он клонит долу стебелек И цвесть, и жить уже не в силах!
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Confirmed with Стихотворенія М. Давидовой, С.-Петербург, 1899, page 15.
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Note on TransliterationsAuthorship:
- by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (1863 - ?), no title [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 Aleksey Avgustovich Davidov (1867 - 1940), "Ты хочешь знать", op. 3 (Пять романсов = Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Москва / Moskau, Jurgenson, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Fyodorovich Kirshbaum (d. 1938), "Ты хочешь знать" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Lina Esbeer (1875 - 1912) ; composed by Aleksey Avgustovich Davidov.
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Word count: 58
So wisse denn, woran es liegt
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Russian (Русский)
So wisse denn, woran es liegt
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Lina Esbeer (1875 - 1912) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (1863 - ?), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksey Avgustovich Davidov (1867 - 1940), "So wisse denn, woran es liegt", op. 3 (Пять романсов = Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Москва / Moskau, Jurgenson, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-01
Line count: 1
Word count: 6