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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Otvorite mne temniczu
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Otvorite mne temniczu,
Dajte mne siyan`e dnya,
Chernoglazuyu deviczu,
Chernogrivogo konya.
YA krasaviczu mladuyu
Prezhde sladko poceluyu,
Na konya potom vskachu,
V step`, kak veter, ulechu.

No okno tyur`my' vy'soko,
Dver` tyazhelaya s zamkom;
Chernookaya daleko
V svetlom tereme svoyom.
Borzy'j kon` v zelenom pole
Bez uzdy', odin, po vole
Skachet vesel i igriv,
Xvost po vetru raspustiv.

Odinok ya, net otrady',
Steny' goly'e krugom.
Tusklo svetit luch lampady'
Umirayushhim ognyom.
Tol`ko sly'shno: za dveryami
Zvuchno-merny'mi shagami
Xodit v tishine nochnoj
Bezotvetny'j chasovoj.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Узник" [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 Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyryov (1913 - 2003), "Узник" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Баллада" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Antonovich Derfeldt (1810 - 1869), "Узник" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. B. Kurakin (flourished c1877), "Узник" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Viktoriya Sergeyevna Levitskaya (1911 - 1988), "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nadezhda Fyodorovna Samsonova (d. 1907), "Узник" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Shaverzashvili (b. 1919), "Узник" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 83

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