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by Sergei Sel'sky

Ja cyganka! Byt' knjaginej
Language: Russian (Русский) 
«Ja cyganka! Byt' knjaginej
Ne khochu ja, ne mogu,
V temnyj les, v polja, v pustyni
Vmeste s vami pobegu!
Slyshu ja rodnye zvuki,
Vizhu tabor kochevoj;
Umerla ja zdes' ot skuki...
O! Voz'mi menja s soboj!»

«Nu tak chto zh, ostan'sja s nami,
Bud' s rodnymi, bud' s druz'jami,
I bez kamennykh palat
Cygan vesel i bogat».

«Mne l' chego ne dostavalo?
Ja zhila zdes' gospozhoj.
A ja slezy prolivala,
Kazhdyj den' tomjas' toskoj,
I vo sne vsegda mne snilis'
Roshchi, gory i luga,
Gde my prezhde veselilis',
Zhizn' byla mne doroga».

«Nu tak chto zh, ostan'sja s nami,
Bud' s rodnymi, bud' s druz'jami,
I bez kamennykh palat
Cygan vesel i bogat».

 «Chuzhdy barskije privychki
Dlja cyganki polevoj,
Ja khochu byt' vol'noj ptichkoj,
Zhit' svobodoju odnoj!
Chto za schast'e v zhizni panskoj,
S vami ja, moi druz'ja!
V tabor vash prishla cygankoj –
Zdravstvuj, milaja sem'ja!»

«Nu tak chto zh, ostan'sja s nami,
Bud' s rodnymi, bud' s druz'jami,
I bez kamennykh palat
Cygan 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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