by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)
Translation by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)
Нищий
Language: Romanian (Română)
Знавал я нищего: как тень, С утра бывало целый день Старик под окнами бродил И подаяния просил... Но всё, что в день ни собирал, Бывало к ночи раздавал Больным, калекам и слепцам — Таким же нищим, как и сам. В наш век таков иной поэт. Утратив веру юных лет, Как нищий старец изнурён, Духовной пищи просит он. — И всё, что жизнь ему ни шлёт, Он с благодарностью берёт — И душу делит пополам С такими ж нищими, как сам...
Text Authorship:
- by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Нищий", written 1847 [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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909) , "Le Mendiant", appears in Petits poèmes russes, in 8. Polonski, no. 1 ; composed by Camille Erlanger.
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Line count: 16
Word count: 80
Le Mendiant
Language: French (Français) after the Romanian (Română)
Je connaissais un mendiant. Sous le matin rose ou le midi jaune Le vieux se traînait en psalmodiant Et tendait la main à l’aumône. Puis, ce qu’il reçut à l’ostière, Il le partageait, quand le jour a fui, Aux pauvres sans pain, aux gueux sans litière, À des mendiants comme lui. Tel est le poète ici-bas. Il perdit la foi, le rêve, la flamme, Comme un mendiant il est faible et las Et quête pour nourrir son âme. Mais, charité sans récompense, Ce qu’il a reçu dans son morne ennui, Avec tout son cœur, tendre, il le dispense À des mendiants comme lui.
Confirmed with Petits poèmes russes. Traduction par Catulle Mendès, Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, éditeurs, 1893, pages 59-60.
Text Authorship:
- by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le Mendiant", appears in Petits poèmes russes, in 8. Polonski, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Romanian (Română) by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Нищий", written 1847
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Camille Erlanger (1863 - 1919), "Le Mendiant", published [1910] [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 103