by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Knyaz` Rostislav
Language: Russian (Русский)
Unoshu knyazyu Rostislavu
zatvori Dnepr temne bereze.
Slovo o polku Igoreve.
Knyaz` Rostislav v zemle chuzhoj
Lezhit na dne rechnom,
Lezhit v kol`chuge boevoj,
S izlomanny'm mechom.
Dnepra podvodny'e krasy'
Lobzat`sya lyubyat s nim
I grebnem vityazya vlasy'
Raschyosy'vat` zlaty'm.
Ego naprasno den` i noch`
Knyaginya doma zhdyot…
Lad`ya ego umchala proch` —
Nazad ne prineset!
V gluxom lesu, v zemle chuzhoj,
V reke ego priyut;
Emu popy' za upokoj
Molitvy' ne poyut;
No s nim podvodny'e krasy',
S nim dev vesyoly'x roj,
I cheshet vityazya vlasy'
Ix greben` zolotoj.
Kogda zhe na bereg Posvist
Sedy'e volny' mchit,
V lesu kruzhitsya zhyolty'j list,
Yaryas`, Perun gremit,
Togda, ot sna na dne rechnom
Vnezapno probudyas`,
Ochami mutny'mi krugom
Vziraet bedny'j knyaz`.
Zhenu mladuyu on zovyot —
Uvy'! ego zhena,
Prozhdav naprasno cely'j god,
S drugim obruchena.
Zovyot k sebe i brata on,
Ego obnyat` by' rad —
No, sonmom gridnej okruzhyon,
Piruet doma brat.
Zovet on kievskix popov,
Velit sebya otpet` —
No do otchizny' slaby'j zov
Ne mozhet doletet`.
I on, sklonyas` na rzhavy'j shhit,
Opyat` tyazhyoly'm snom
V krugu rusalok yuny'x spit
Odin na dne rechnom…
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), "Князь Ростислав" [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Князь Ростислав" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (1807 - 1893) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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