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О, спой же ту песню, родная, что пела ты в прежние дни, в тени, как ребёнком была я, ты песенку вдруг запевала, и я на коленях твоих под звуки той песни дремала. Ты пела, томима тоскою; из темных, задумчивых глаз катилась слеза за слезою... Протяжно и грустно ты пела... Любила напев я простой, хоть слов я понять не умела... О, спой же ту песню, родная, как пела её в старину; давно её смысл поняла я! И пусть под знакомые звуки убитая горем засну я сном, что врачует все муки.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835), "Mother! oh, sing me to rest", appears in Peninsular Melodies, no. 1, first published 1830?
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "О, спой же ту песню" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "О, спой же ту песню", op. 16 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 4 (1872) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917) ; composed by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) ; composed by Gustav Flügel, Ernst Paul Flügel, Robert Franz, Fanny Hensel, Eugen Hildach, Ferdinand von Hiller, Adolf Jensen, Anton Kappeller, Arno Kleffel.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, first published 1855 ; composed by Boris Vladimirovich Podgoretsky, Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky, Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov, Konstantin Nikolayevich Startsev, Sergey Aleksandrovich Zaitsev.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2022
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Oh, chante la même chanson", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 89
Oh, sing that same song, dear, that you sang in earlier days, in the dark, when I was a child: you used to start singing the song suddenly, and I was on your knees dozing to the sound of that song. You sang, sighing with sorrow; from dark, pensive eyes rolled one tear after another tear... Slowly and sadly you sang... I loved the simple melody, Although I did not understand the words... Oh, sing that same song, dear, the way you sang it back then, for a long time now I have understood its meaning! And by those familiar sounds, broken-hearted, let me fall into the sleep that cures all sorrows.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835), "Mother! oh, sing me to rest", appears in Peninsular Melodies, no. 1, first published 1830?
This text was added to the website: 2022-08-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 112