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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Zhil na svete rycar' bednyj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Zhil na svete rycar' bednyj,
Molchalivyj i prostoj,
S vidu sumrachnyj i blednyj,
Dukhom smelyj i prjamoj.

On imel odno viden'e,
Nepostizhnoje umu,
I gluboko vpechatlen'e
V serdce vrezalos' jemu.

Puteshestvuja v Zhenevu,
Na doroge u kresta
Videl on Mariju Devu,
Mater' Gospoda Khrista.

S toj pory, sgorev dushoju,
On na zhenshchin ne smotrel,
I do groba ni s odnoju
Molvit' slova ne khotel.

S toj pory stal'noj reshjotki
On s lica ne podymal
I sebe na sheju chjotki
Vmesto sharfa privjazal.

Nest' mol'by Otcu, ni Synu,
Ni Svjatomu Dukhu vvek
Ne sluchilos' paladinu,
Strannyj byl on chelovek.

Provodil on cely nochi
Pered likom Presvjatoj,
Ustremiv k Nej skorbny ochi,
Tikho sljozy l'ja rekoj.

Polon veroj i ljubov'ju,
Veren nabozhnoj mechte,
Ave, Mater Dei[1] krov'ju
Napisal on na shchite.

Mezhdu tem kak paladiny
Vvstrechu trepetnym vragam
Po ravninam Palestiny
Mchalis', imenuja dam,

Lumen coelum, sancta Rosa![2]
Vosklical vsekh gromche on,
I gnala jego ugroza
Musul'man so vsekh storon.

Vozvratjas' v svoj zamok dal'nyj,
Zhil on strogo zakljuchjon,
Vsjo vljublennyj, vsjo pechal'nyj,
Bez prichast'ja umer on;

Mezhdu tem kak on konchalsja,
Dukh lukavyj podospel,
Dushu rycarja sbiralsja
Bes tashchit' uzh v svoj predel:

On-de Bogu ne molilsja,
On ne vedal-de posta,
Ne putjom-de volochilsja
On za Matushkoj Khrista.

No Prechistaja serdechno
Zastupilas' za nego
I vpustila v carstvo vechno
Paladina Svojego.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with А.С.Пушкин, Собрание сочинений в 10 т., М., 1956—1962.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title [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 Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Баллада о рыцаре бедном", op. 68 (Три романса Пушкина (Tri romansa Pushkina) = Three Romances of Pushkin) no. 3 (1950), published 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolay Osipovich Dyur (1807 - 1839), "Жил на свете рыцарь бедный" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vitold Yuzefovich Malishevsky , "Жил на свете рыцарь бедный" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ivan Alekseyevich Rupin (1792 - 1850), "Жил на свете рыцарь бедный" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-29
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Word count: 220

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