by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
On meždu nami žil
Language: Russian (Русский)
On meždu nami žil Sred' plemeni emu čužogo; zloby V duše svoej k nam ne [pital, i my]1 Ego ljubili. Mirnyj, blagosklonnyj, On poseščal besedy naši. S nim Delilis' my i čistymi mečtami I pesnjami (on vdochnoven byl svyše I svysoka vziral na žizn'). Neredko On govoril o vremenach grjaduščich, Kogda narody, raspri pozabyv, V velikuju sem'ju soedinjatsja. My žadno slušali poėta. On Ušël na zapad — i blagosloven'em Ego my provodili. No teper' Naš mirnyj gost' nam stal vragom — i [jadom Stichi svoi, v ugodu]2 černi bujnoj, [On napojaet. Izdali do nas Dochodit]3 golos zlobnogo poėta, [Znakomyj golos]4!.. [Bože! osvjati V nëm serdce pravdoju tvoej i mirom, I vozvrati emu...]5
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Cui: "питал он; мы" ("pital on; my")
2 Cui: "ныне/ в своих стихах; угодник" ("nyne/ v svojikh stikhakh, ugodnik")
3 Cui: "поёт он ненависть: издалека/ знакомый" ("pojot on nenavist': izdaleka/ znakomyj")
4 Cui: "доходит к нам" ("dokhodit k nam")
5 Cui: "О Боже! воаврати/ Твои мир в его озлобленную душу." ("O Bozhe! voavrati/ Tvoj mir v jego ozloblennuju dushu.")
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Пушкин о Мицкевич", op. 9 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 5 (1871), published 1874-5 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: Bessel [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-20
Line count: 21
Word count: 112