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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- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), "Князь Ростислав" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- 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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