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Translation Singable translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

The busy bee

Language: English after the English

Available translation(s): 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.

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 text: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-13
Line count: 3
Word count: 8

Пчёлка

Language: Russian (Русский) after the English

У пчёлки нет
[нет у ней] времени
для печали.

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Authorship:

Based on:

a text in English by Not Applicable [an adaptation]

Based on:

a text in English by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Proverbs of Hell", appears in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-13
Line count: 3
Word count: 9