by Dmitri Timofeyevich Lensky (1805 - 1860) and sometimes misattributed to Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub, Graf (Count) (1813 - 1882)
Devicza krasavicza, chto skazhi s toboj?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Devicza krasavicza, chto skazhi s toboj? Otchego ty' sdelalas` [blednoj i xudoj]1? Al` toska kruchinushka issushila grud`, Ali lebed` beluyu sglazil kto-nibud`? S gorya ya smertel`nogo soxnu den` ot dnya, Sglazil dobry'j molodecz, bednuyu menya! I sperva ya dumala, chto emu mila, An zmeya razluchnicza mezhdu nas legla. U tebya l` serdechushko u odnoj bolit? Ne zhivi kak xochetsya, a kak Bog velit! I k chemu pechalit`sya, tratit` krasotu? Malo l` dobry'x molodcev na belom svetu! Mnogo v nebe zvezdochek, temen nebosklon, Mnogo dobry'x molodcev, [da oni ne on]2. [U inoj serdechushko migom zazhivet, A drugaya vlyubitsya, s e`tim i umret!]3
P. Bulakhov sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Dyubyuk: "бледною, худой"
2 Dyubyuk: "а не то, что он"
3 omitted by Dyubyuk.
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Text Authorship:
- by Dmitri Timofeyevich Lensky (1805 - 1860), "Девица красавица" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub, Graf (Count) (1813 - 1882)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Девица-красавица", stanzas 1,3,2,4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Ivanovich Dyubyuk (1812 - 1897), "Много добрых молодцев" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-09
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Word count: 101