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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Translation by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916)

Voron k voronu lety`t
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the French (Français) 
Voron k voronu lety`t,
Voron k voronu kry`chy`t:
,,Voron, gde b nam [otobedat`]1 ?
[Kak]2 bы nam o tom provedat`?``

Voron voronu v otvet:
,,Znayu, budet nam obed;
V chy`stom pole pod raky`toj
Bogatыr` lezhy`t uby`tыj.

Kem uby`t y` otchego,
Znaet sokol ly`sh` ego,
[Da]3 kobыlka voronaya,
Da xozyajka molodaya.

Sokol v roshhu uletel,
Na kobыlku nedrug sel,
A xozyajka zhdёt my`logo,
Ne uby`togo, zhy`vogo.``

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•   A. Aliabev •   N. Medtner •   A. Verstovsky •   M. Viel'gorsky 

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1 Medtner, Verstovsky: "пообедать" ("poobedat'")
2 Viel'gorsky: "Что" ("Chto")
3 Aliabev, Verstovsky, Viel'gorsky: "И" ("I")

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  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1828, first published 1828 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, first published 1826 [text unavailable]
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  • a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "The twa corbies", published by Sir Walter Scott, as written down, from tradition, by a lady, from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 3, James Ballantyne, Edinburgh, first published 1803
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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 Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Два ворона", published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Два ворона", op. 7 (Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (1913 - 2004), "Два ворона" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Evgeny Ivanovich Bukke (1877 - 1920), "Шотландская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (1896 - c1938), "Ворон к ворону", op. 20 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], also set in Ukrainian (Українська) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Шотландская песня", op. 71 no. 1 (1919-1920) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Ворон к ворону летит", op. 52 (Семь песен на стихотворения А. Пушкина (Sem' pesen na stikhotvorenija A. Pushkina)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ivan Alexandrovich Pomazansky (1848 - 1918), "Шотландская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Ворон к ворону летит", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 11 (c1867), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by V. Ryabov , "Ворон к ворону летит", op. 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ilya Fyodorovich Tyumenev (1855 - 1927), "Шотландская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Verstovsky (1799 - 1862), "Два ворона", published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky (1788 - 1856), "Ворон к ворону летит", published 1828 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Yevgeniya Iosifovna Yakhnina (1892 - 1979), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text not yet checked]

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by A. Aleksandrova ; composed by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maria Bach.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anna Teichmüller.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851) [an adaptation] ; composed by Carl Banck.
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  • Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916) , "Шотландська пісня" ; composed by Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko .
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

Proty` kruka kruk lety`t`
Language: Ukrainian (Українська)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Proty` kruka kruk lety`t`,
Kruk do kruka tak kry`chy`t`.
«Kruche, yak by` nam te znaty`,
De obid budemo maty`?»

Kruk do kruka u odvit:
Znayu ya, de nam obid.
V chy`stim poli zhovte zhy`to,
Tam kozachen`ka uby`to.

Xto i za shho vby`v jogo,
Znaye ly`sh sokil jogo,
Kin` vorony`j ta xiba shhe
Jogo lyub’yatko gulyashhe.

Sokil v pushhi uletiv,
Na kony`ka vorog siv;
Lyubka my`logo zhde svogo –
Ne vby`togo, a zhy`vogo».

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916), "Шотландська пісня" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1828, first published 1828
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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, first published 1826 [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "The twa corbies", published by Sir Walter Scott, as written down, from tradition, by a lady, from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 3, James Ballantyne, Edinburgh, first published 1803
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (1896 - c1938), "Крук до крука", subtitle: "Шотландьска пісня", op. 20 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 72

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