by Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev (1760 - 1837)
Ax, kogda b ya prezhde znala
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ax, kogda b ya prezhde znala, Chto lyubov` [rodit]1 bedy', [Veselyas` by']2 ne vstrechala, Polunochny'ya zvezdy'! Ne lila b ot vsex ukradkoj Zolotogo ya kol`cza; Ne by'la b v nadezhde sladkoj Videt` milogo l`stecza. [K udareniyu udara V lyutoj, zloj moej sud`be YA slila b]3 iz voska yara Legki kry'ly'shki sebe I na rodinu [vsporxnula]4 Mila druga moego. Nezhno, nezhno [by']5 vzglyanula, Xot` odnazhdy' na nego. [A potom by' uletela]6 So slezami i toskoj; Podgoryunivshis` by' sela na doroge, Na doroge [ya]7 bol`shoj; [Vozry'dala b, vozopila]8: ,,[Dobry' lyudi!]9 kak mne by't`? YA nevernogo lyubila... [Nauchite ne lyubit`]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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