Перстенёчек золотой, Ненаглядный, дорогой! Светлой памяти любви В очи чёрные гляди. Если грустно будет ей, Ты потускни, почерней; Если радость — изменись, Весь алмазом разгорись! День забвенья ли придёт, Душа чувство [проживёт]1 — Тогда, перстень золотой, [Ты рассыпься]2 сам собой!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with А. В. Кольцов, Полное собрание стихотворений, Ленинград, Советский писатель, 1958.
1 Varlamov: "изживёт" ("izzhivjot")2 Varlamov: "Почерней ты" ("Pochernej ty")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Перстень", written 1836 [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 Aleksei Vladimirovich Abutkov (1875 - 1945), "Перстенёчек", op. 12 (10 Писен) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Москва (Moscow), Советвенность Издателя `Симфония' [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Konstantin Nikolayevich Bozhanovsky , "Перстенёчек золотой" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), "Перстенёчек" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Кольцо", op. 27 (Devjat' romansy = Neun Lieder von Kolzoff) no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Перстенёчек золотой" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August von Viedert ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The ringlet"
- ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "The little ring", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 42
Little golden ringlet bright, Of my life the joy and light, Pledge of love, my dearest prize, Give report true to mine eyes. When my love is sad at heart, Ringlet, then no ray impart; Is she happy? Ringlet mine, As a diamond brightly shine; And should she forget me e'er, For my love no longer care, Then, my golden ringlet bright, Be thou then as black as night.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation possibly by Constance Bache (1846 - 1903), "The ringlet" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- Singable translation possibly by William Stigand, né Stigant (1825 - 1915), "The ringlet" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Перстень", written 1836
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 69