by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Translation
The busy bee
Language: English after the English
Our translations: RUS
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
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It is based on
- a text in English by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Proverbs of Hell", appears in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "The busy bee", op. 151 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Proverbs of Hell, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Пчёлка", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-13
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