Jeshchjo v poljakh belejet sneg,
A vody uzh vesnoj shumjat --
Begut i budjat sonnyj breg,
Begut, i bleshchut, i glasjat...

Oni glasjat vo vse koncy:
«Vesna idjot, vesna idjot!
My molodoj vesny goncy,
Ona nas vyslala vperjod.

Vesna idjot, vesna [idjot,]1
I tikhikh, tjoplykh majskikh dnej
Rumjanyj, svetlyj khorovod
Tolpitsja veselo za [nej!...»]2

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¹ Rachmaninov: "идёт!»"
² Rachmaninov: "ней!..."

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Text Authorship:

• by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873), "Весенние воды", written 1829, first published 1830? [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Весенние воды", op. 15 (Neuf Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mikhail Vasilyevich Antsev (1865 - 1945), "Весенние воды" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mariya Vasilyevna Begicheva-Shilovskaya (1825 - 1879), "Весенние воды", 1873 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "Ещё в полях белеет снег", op. 3 no. 1 [ vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ], from Весна и Осень. 2 Дуэта для сопрано и меццосопрано с сопровождением фортепиано (Vesna i Osen'. 2 Du`eta dlja soprano i meccosoprano s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano), no. 1, Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Весенние воды", op. 10 (2 vierstimmige Frauenchöre a cappella) no. 2 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (1847 - ?), "Весенние воды" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Весенние воды", op. 14 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 11 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Весенние воды" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Весенние воды", op. 8 (2 Choeurs p. Voix d'Enfants ou de Femmes avec accompagnement de Piano) no. 2, published 1891 [ women's chorus or children's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Весенние воды", op. 15 (5 Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1893 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Elizabeta A. Zhadovskaya , "Весна" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Весенние воды", op. 21 no. 6, published [1907] [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Jurgenson [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jules Ruelle (1834 - 1892) ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Wolfsohn (1820 - 1865) , "Frühlingswasser", appears in Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw., first published 1857 ; composed by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923) ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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• CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Malcolm Gain) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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