by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Ptichki‑lastochki, letite
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ptichki-lastochki, letite K prezhnej lyubushke moej: Ne zhdala b ona, skazhite, Mila druga iz gostej. Vo chuzhoj zemle sgubila Zla volshebnicza menya, I menya privorozhila, I isportila konya. YA konya li osedlayu — Rassedlaetsya on sam; Bez sedla li vy'ezzhayu — Grom i burya v vstrechu nam! U nee slova takie: Skazhet — reki ne tekut! S neba zvezdy' zoloty'e, Slovno yablochki, spadut! Glyanet v ochi — slovno xly'net V serdce svet s eyo licza; Uly'bnetsya — slovno kinet Aloj rozoj v molodcza!
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Text Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1862, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 14 [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 Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849 - 1911), as Войтех Иванович Главач, "Птички-ласточки, летите" [sung text not yet checked]
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