Отчего, скажи, душа-девица | Отчего, скажи, душа-девица

possibly by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) and possibly by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881) and possibly by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Otčego, skaži, duša‑devica

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Otčego, skaži, duša-devica,
ty sidiš' teper' prigorjunilas'
i bezmolvnaja na dorožen'ku
ty, vzdochnuv, gljadiš' ne nasmotriš'sja?
Il' s toboj pri tebe netu milogo,
il' ostyla v nem krov' gorjačaja,
ili ty emu už naskučila,
il' zabyl tebja tvoj serdečnyj drug?

Net, moj milyj drug ne zabyl menja
i ne to ščemit serdce bednoe,
a ja milova v dal'nu storonu,
v put'-dorožen'ku snarjažaju ja,
a ja milova v dal'nu storonu,
v put'-dorožen'ku snarjažaju ja.

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Text Authorship:

possibly by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
possibly by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)
possibly by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

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

by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Отчего, скажи, душа-девица", 1858, published 1867 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov (1864 - 1920), "Отчего, скажи, душа-девица" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Отчего, скажи" [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Sag warum"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
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Word count: 73