by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
Osedlaju konja
Language: Russian (Русский)
Osedlaju konja, Konja bystrogo, Ja pomchus', polechu Legche sokola. Chrez polja, za morja, V dal'nju storonu -- Dogonju, vorochu Moju molodost'! Priberus'i javljus' Prezhnim molodcem, [I prigljanus' opjat']1 Krasnym devicam! No, uvy, net dorog K nevozvratnomu! Nikogda ne vzojdet Solnce s zapada!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with А.В.Кольцов, Стихотворения, Серия "Русская муза", Москва: Художественная литература, 1989.
1 Balakirev: "Приглянусь я опять" ("Prigljanus' ja opjat'")Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Песня старика", written 1830 [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 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Песня старика" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov (1841 - 1891), "Оседлаю коня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yury Petrovich Suldin (b. 1987), "Песня старика" [sung text not yet checked]
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