by Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev (1760 - 1837)
Ach, kogda b ja prežde znala
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ach, kogda b ja prežde znala, Čto ljubov' [rodit]1 bedy, [Veseljas' by]2 ne vstrečala, Polunočnyja zvezdy! Ne lila b ot vsech ukradkoj Zolotogo ja kol'ca; Ne byla b v nadežde sladkoj Videt' milogo l'steca. [K udareniju udara V ljutoj, zloj moej sud'be JA slila b]3 iz voska jara Legki krylyški sebe I na rodinu [vsporchnula]4 Mila druga moego. Nežno, nežno [by]5 vzgljanula, Chot' odnaždy na nego. [A potom by uletela]6 So slezami i toskoj; Podgorjunivšis' by sela na doroge, Na doroge [ja]7 bol'šoj; [Vozrydala b, vozopila]8: ,,[Dobry ljudi!]9 kak mne byt'? JA nevernogo ljubila... [Naučite ne ljubit']10.``
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Glinka: "творит" ("tvorit")
2 Glinka: "Я б с весельем" ("Ja b s vesel'jem")
3 Glinka: "Я б слыла" ("Ja b slila")
4 Glinka: "б вспорхнула" ("b vsporkhnula")
5 Glinka: "я б" ("ja b")
6 Glinka: "И потом бы полетела" ("I potom by poletela")
7 Glinka: "на" ("na")
8 Glinka: "Возопила б, возрыдала" ("Vozopila b, vozrydala")
9 Glinka: "Люди добры" ("Ljudi dobry")
10 Glinka: "Научите, как забыть" ("Nauchite, kak zabyt'")
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Text Authorship:
- by Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev (1760 - 1837), no title, written 1792 [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Ах, когда б я прежде знала", subtitle: "Старинная цыганская песня, петая знаменитой стешкой" [sung text checked 1 time]
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