Sizhu za reshjotkoj v temnice syroj.
Vskormljonnyj [v nevole]1 orjol molodoj,
Moj grustnyj tovarishch, makhaja krylom,
Krovavuju pishchu kljuet pod oknom.

Kljujot i brosajet, i smotrit v okno,
Kak budto so mnoju zadumal odno,
Zovjot menja vzgljadom i krikom svoim
I vymolvit' khochet: ,,Davaj uletim!

My vol'nye pticy; Pora, brat, pora!
Tuda, gde za tuchej belejet gora,
Tuda, gde sinejut morskije kraja,
Tuda, gde guljajem lish' veter... da ja!``

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¹ Gretchaninov, Medtner: "на воле" ("na vole")

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Узник", written 1822 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Узник", 1843 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Узник", op. 20 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Узник", op. 52 (Семь песен на стихотворения А. Пушкина (Sem' pesen na stikhotvorenija A. Pushkina)) no. 7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Узник", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Узник", VWV 1057 (1863) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Der Gefangene" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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• FRE French (Français) [singable] (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , "Le captif", first published 1912

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