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by Sergei Sel'sky

Ya cy'ganka! By't` knyaginej
Language: Russian (Русский) 
«Ya cy'ganka! By't` knyaginej
Ne xochu ya, ne mogu,
V temny'j les, v polya, v pusty'ni
Vmeste s vami pobegu!
Sly'shu ya rodny'e zvuki,
Vizhu tabor kochevoj;
Umerla ya zdes` ot skuki...
O! Voz`mi menya s soboj!»

«Nu tak chto zh, ostan`sya s nami,
Bud` s rodny'mi, bud` s druz`yami,
I bez kamenny'x palat
Czy'gan vesel i bogat».

«Mne l` chego ne dostavalo?
YA zhila zdes` gospozhoj.
A ya slezy' prolivala,
Kazhdy'j den` tomyas` toskoj,
I vo sne vsegda mne snilis`
Roshhi, gory' i luga,
Gde my' prezhde veselilis`,
Zhizn` by'la mne doroga».

«Nu tak chto zh, ostan`sya s nami,
Bud` s rodny'mi, bud` s druz`yami,
I bez kamenny'x palat
Czy'gan vesel i bogat».

 «Chuzhdy' barskie privy'chki
Dlya cy'ganki polevoj,
YA xochu by't` vol`noj ptichkoj,
Zhit` svobodoyu odnoj!
Chto za schast`e v zhizni panskoj,
S vami ya, moi druz`ya!
V tabor vash prishla cy'gankoj –
Zdravstvuj, milaya sem`ya!»

«Nu tak chto zh, ostan`sya s nami,
Bud` s rodny'mi, bud` s druz`yami,
I bez kamenny'x palat
Czy'gan vesel i bogat».

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Sel'sky  [author's text not yet checked 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 Ivanovich Dyubyuk (1812 - 1897), "Я цыганка, быть княгиней" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ivan Vasilyevich Vasilyev , "Цыганка" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-15
Line count: 36
Word count: 169

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