Komnatka [skromnaya, tesnaya]1, milaya,
Ten` neproglyadnaya, ten` bezotvetnaya,
Duma glubokaya, pesnya uny'laya,
V b`yushhemsya serdce nadezhda zavetnaya;

[Tixij]2 polyot za mgnoven`em mgnoveniya,
Vzor nepodvizhny'j na schast`e dalyokoe;
Mnogo somneniya, mnogo terpeniya...
Vot ona, noch` moya -- noch` odinokaya!

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¹ Musorgsky: "тесная, тихая"
² Musorgsky: "Быстрый"

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Text Authorship:

• by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "В четырёх стенах", first published 1874 [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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "В четырёх стенах", 1874, published 1874, from Без солнца = Bez solnca, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "В четырёх стенах" [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Within four walls", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Entre quatre murs", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "In den vier Wänden", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Zwischen vier Wänden", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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