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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908)

Zhazhda svobody
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Krepko ja v sedle sizhu, proshchajte!
V khizhinakh, v lachugakh prozjabajte...
Mchus' ja v dal' s veseloju dushoju,
nebo lish' da zvjozdy nado mnoju,
mchus' ja vdal' s veseloju dushoju,
nochnoj poroju, nebo lish' da zvjozdy nado mnoju.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Freisinn", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 1. Buch des Sängers -- Moganni Nameh
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Жажда свободы", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 38

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