by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
On mezhdu nami zhil
Language: Russian (Русский)
On mezhdu nami zhil Sred` plemeni emu chuzhogo; zloby' V dushe svoej k nam ne [pital, i my']1 Ego lyubili. Mirny'j, blagosklonny'j, On poseshhal besedy' nashi. S nim Delilis` my' i chisty'mi mechtami I pesnyami (on vdoxnoven by'l svy'she I svy'soka vziral na zhizn`). Neredko On govoril o vremenax gryadushhix, Kogda narody', raspri pozaby'v, V velikuyu sem`yu soedinyatsya. My' zhadno slushali poe`ta. On Ushyol na zapad — i blagosloven`em Ego my' provodili. No teper` Nash mirny'j gost` nam stal vragom — i [yadom Stixi svoi, v ugodu]2 cherni bujnoj, [On napoyaet. Izdali do nas Doxodit]3 golos zlobnogo poe`ta, [Znakomy'j golos]4!.. [Bozhe! osvyati V nyom serdce pravdoyu 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