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Соловей мой, соловей, Голосистый соловей! Ты куда, куда летишь, Где всю ночку пропоешь? [ Соловей мой, соловей, Голосистый соловей!]1 Кто-то, бедная, как я, Ночь прослушает тебя, Не смыкаючи очей, Утопаючи в слезах? [ Соловей мой, соловей, Голосистый соловей!]1 Ты лети, мой соловей, Хоть за тридевять земель, Хоть за синие моря, На чужие берега; Соловей мой, соловей, Голосистый соловей! Побывай во всех странах, В деревнях и городах: Не найти тебе нигде Горемычнее меня. [ Соловей мой, соловей, Голосистый соловей!]1 [ У меня ли у младой Дорог жемчуг на груди, У меня ли у младой Жар-колечко на руке, У меня ли у младой В сердце маленький дружок. В день осенний на груди Крупный жемчуг потускнел, В зимню ночку на руке Распаялося кольцо, А как нынешней весной Разлюбил меня милой. ]2
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- by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Русская песня", first published 1825 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Соловей" [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Nightingale", copyright © 2004
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My nightingale, nightingale Sweet-voiced nightingale! To where are you flying? Where will you sing all night? My nightingale, nightingale Sweet-voiced nightingale! Will some other unfortunate maiden like me Listen to you tonight, Unable to close her eyes, Drowning in tears? My nightingale, nightingale Sweet-voiced nightingale! You fly, my nightingale, over thirty-nine lands over blue seas to foreign shores; My nightingale, nightingale Sweet-voiced nightingale! Travel through every country, Through villages, through towns: You will not find anywhere Someone more unhappy than I! My nightingale, nightingale Sweet-voiced nightingale!
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Русская песня", first published 1825
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-26
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Word count: 86