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by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)

Синица
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Слышу я: звенит синица
Средь желтеющих ветвей...
Здравствуй, маленькая птица,
Вестница осенних дней!

Хоть грозит он нам ненастьем,
Хоть зимы он нам пророк,
Дышит благодатным счастьем
Твой веселый голосок.

Дышит благодатным счастьем
Твой веселый голосок.
В песенке твоей приветной
Слух пленен ужели ж мой

Лишь природы безответной
Равнодушною игрой?
Иль беспечно распевает
И в тебе охота жить -

Та, что людям помогает
Смерть и жизнь переносить?
Та, что людям помогает
Смерть и жизнь переносить?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) [author's text not yet checked 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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Синица", VWV 1042 (1863) [ voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies sur les Poésies Russes, no. 2, Éd. E. Gérard & Cie., anciennement Meissonnier, also set in French (Français), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Die Meise", appears in Russische Dichter ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 73

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