by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (b. 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 TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (b. 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: 59
So wisse denn, woran es liegt
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)
So wisse denn, woran es liegt
Text 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 (b. 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