Что ты клонишь над водами, Ива, макушку свою? И дрожащими листами, Словно жадными устами, Ловишь беглую струю? Хоть томится, хоть трепещет Каждый лист твой над струей... Но струя бежит и плещет, И, на солнце нежась, блещет, И смеётся над тобой...
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- by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873), first published 1836 [author's text not yet checked 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 Georgi Lvovitch Catoire (1861 - 1926), "Что ты клонишь над водами", op. 18 no. 2 [ women's chorus and piano ], from 3 Стихотворения Тютчева, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolay Alekseyevich Kakhanov , "Что ты клонишь над водами" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov (1826 - 1894), "Что ты клонишь над водами" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grigory Aleksandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko (1832 - 1870), "Что ты клонишь над водами" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (1847 - ?), "Что ты клонишь над водами" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Matveyev (1912 - 1994), "Что ты клонишь над водами" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Что ты клонишь над водами", op. 24 (Восемь стихотворений (Vosem' stikhotvorenij)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vladimir Ivanovich Pol (1875 - 1962), "Что ты клонишь над водами" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "Ива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Ива", VWV 1068 (1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elizabeta A. Zhadovskaya , "Что ты клонишь над водами" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Die Weide" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le saule", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Berthold Feiwel)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Warum stets zum Wassrer lenkst du Deiner Zweige schwankes Dach, Bebend deine Blätter senkst du Und wie durst'ge Lippen drängst du, Weide, sie zum flücht'gen Bach? Streckst du auch nach jeder Welle Sebnend Zweig und Blätter aus-- Jede Welle flieht dich schnelle, Und gekost von Sonnenhelle Lacht sie dich, du Törin, aus...
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Berthold Feiwel (1875 - 1937) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873), first published 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: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-11
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Word count: 52