by G. Grinevich (1900 - ?)
Translation by A. L. Shkaff

Staraja pesnja
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Ukrainian (Українська) 
Byl car': jego serdce ostylo
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  • Also set in English, a translation by R. W. Fullerton ; composed by A. L. Eigher.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Es war ein alter König", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 197, first published 1887 ; composed by George Frederick Boyle.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nicolae Bretan.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frank E. Down.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Aaron Kramer ; composed by Eugene Glickman.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alfred Heller.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Helen Hopekirk.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Frederick W. Bancroft ; composed by George W. Marston.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Louis Napoleon Parker (1852 - 1944) ; composed by Louis Napoleon Parker.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Theodore Martin, Sir, KCB KCVO (1816 - 1909) ; composed by George Rochberg.
  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Caby.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov.
  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Bernardino Zendrini (1839 - 1879) , "Paggio e regina: Ballata" ; composed by Francesco Paolo Frontini, Giovanni Sgambati.
  • Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Michael Hertz.
  • Also set in Romanian (Română), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nicolae Bretan.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) , no title, written 1845 ; composed by Karl Yulyevich Davidov, Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, Mikhail Nikolayevich Ofrosimov, Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze, Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov.

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