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)

Otchego, skazhi, dusha‑devica
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Otchego, skazhi, dusha-devica,
ty sidish' teper' prigorjunilas'
i bezmolvnaja na dorozhen'ku
ty, vzdokhnuv, gljadish' ne nasmotrish'sja?
Il' s toboj pri tebe netu milogo,
il' ostyla v nem krov' gorjachaja,
ili ty jemu uzh naskuchila,
il' zabyl tebja tvoj serdechnyj drug?

Net, moj milyj drug ne zabyl menja
i ne to shchemit serdce bednoje,
a ja milova v dal'nu storonu,
v put'-dorozhen'ku snarjazhaju ja,
a ja milova v dal'nu storonu,
v put'-dorozhen'ku snarjazhaju ja.

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Tell me, why, beautiful maiden", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pourquoi, dis-moi, belle jeune fille", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Sag warum"


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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 73