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by Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769 - 1844)

Oryol i Pchela
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Schastliv, kto na chrede truditsya znamenitoj:
Emu i to uzh sily' pridaet,
Chto podvigov ego svidetel` cely'j svet.
No skol` i tot pochten, kto, v nizosti sokry'ty'j,
Za vse trudy', za ves` poteryanny'j pokoj,
Ni slavoyu, ni pochest`mi ne l`stitsya,
I my'sl`yu ozhivlen odnoj:
Chto k pol`ze obshhej on truditsya.
Uvidya, kak Pchela xlopochet vkrug czvetka,
Skazal Orel odnazhdy' ej s prezren`em:
«Kak ty', bednyazhka, mne zhalka,
So vsej tvoej rabotoj i s umen`em!
Vas v ul`e ty'syachi vsyo leto lepyat sot:
Da kto zhe posle razberet
I otlichit tvoi raboty'?
Ya, pravo, ne pojmu oxoty':
Trudit`sya cely'j vek, i chto zh imet` v vidu?..
Bezvestnoj umeret` so vsemi naryadu!
Kakaya raznicza mezh nami!
Kogda, rasshiryasya shumyashhimi kry'lami,
Noshusya ya pod oblakami,
To vsyudu rassevayu strax:
Ne smeyut ot zemli pernaty'e podnyat`sya,
Ne dremlyut pastuxi pri tuchny'x ix stadax;
Ni lani by'stry'e ne smeyut na polyax,
Menya zavidya, pokazat`sya».
Pchela otvetstvuet: «Tebe xvala i chest`!
Da prodlit nad toboj Zeves svoi shhedroty'!
A ya, rodyas` trudy' dlya obshhej pol`zy' nest`,
Ne otlichat` ishhu svoi raboty',
No uteshayus` tem, na nashi smotrya soty',
Chto v nix i moego xot` kaplya medu est`».

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769 - 1844), "Орёл и Пчела", appears in Басни (Basni) [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 Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Орёл и Пчела", op. 33 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-11
Line count: 32
Word count: 191

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