Безумных лет угасшее веселье Мне тяжело, как смутное похмелье. Но, как вино — печаль минувших дней В моей душе чем старе, тем сильней. Мой путь уныл. Сулит мне труд и горе Грядущего волнуемое море. Но не хочу, о други, умирать; Я жить хочу, чтоб мыслить и страдать; И ведаю, мне будут наслажденья Меж горестей, забот и треволненья: Порой опять гармонией упьюсь, Над вымыслом слезами обольюсь, И может быть — на мой закат печальный Блеснет любовь улыбкою прощальной.
Confirmed with Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, Стихотворения 1830, first appeared in print in the journal «Библиотека для чтения», September 8, 1834.
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Элегия", written 1830, first published 1834 [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 Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904 - 1994), "Элегия" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Элегия", 2007 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Элегия", op. 57 (Двадцать пять стихотворении Пушкина = Dvadcat' pjat' stikhotvorenii Pushkina (25 Poems of Pushkin)) no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906 - 1976), "Элегия" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Элегия", op. 52 (Семь песен на стихотворения А. Пушкина (Sem' pesen na stikhotvorenija A. Pushkina)) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Элегия", op. 20 no. 5, published 1976 [ voice, flute, percussion, violin, and cello ], from Pechal' minuvshikh dnej, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation possibly by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951); composed by Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , "Elegy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Élégie", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Co sbylo z nich, z let veselí a pitek, co zbylo víc než v srdci kalný zbytek? Jak víno však, ten mnoholetý trud, čím starší je, tím silnější má chuť. Jdu stínům vstříc ... Burácející moře mých přístích dnů žal valí jen a hoře ... A přece ne, já nechci zemříti, chci myslit, žít, chci zuby se vříti a doufati, že v proudu, jenž mi nese zla, bědy, bol i radost, zakmitne se, že rytmem slov se ještě opiji, nad smyšlenkou že slzy proliji, že padne snad v ten západ můj, v zem rodnou i lásky zář, lásky zář jak úsměv na rozchodnou.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951)
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Элегия", written 1830, first published 1834
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Elegie", op. 161 no. 6 (1937), from Šest písní na básně A. S. Puškina, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2007-02-15
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Word count: 101