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by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)

Sinicza
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Sly'shu ya: zvenit sinicza
Sred` zhelteyushhix vetvej...
Zdravstvuj, malen`kaya pticza,
Vestnicza osennix dnej!

Xot` grozit on nam nenast`em,
Xot` zimy' on nam prorok,
Dy'shit blagodatny'm schast`em
Tvoj vesely'j golosok.

Dy'shit blagodatny'm schast`em
Tvoj vesely'j golosok.
V pesenke tvoej privetnoj
Slux plenen uzheli zh moj

Lish` prirody' bezotvetnoj
Ravnodushnoyu igroj?
Il` bespechno raspevaet
I v tebe oxota zhit` -

Ta, chto lyudyam pomogaet
Smert` i zhizn` perenosit`?
Ta, chto lyudyam pomogaet
Smert` i zhizn` perenosit`?

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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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