Mnogo jest' u menja
Teremov i sadov,
I razdol'nykh polej,
I dremuchikh lesov.

Mnogo jest' u menja
Dereven' i ljudej,
I znakomykh bojar,
I nadjozhnykh druzej.

Mnogo jest' u menja
Zhemchugov i mekhov,
[Dragocennykh odezhd,
Raznocvetnykh kovrov]1.

Mnogo jest' u menja
Dlja pirov — serebra,
Dlja besed — krasnykh slov,
Dlja vesel'ja — vina!

No ja znaju, na chto
Trav volshebnykh ishchu;
No ja znaju, o chjom
Sam s soboju grushchu…

M. Musorgsky sets stanzas 1, 3-5

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Confirmed with А. В. Кольцов, Полное собрание стихотворений, Ленинград, Советский писатель, 1958.

¹ Musorgsky: "Разноцветных одежд,/ Драгоценных ковров"

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Русская песня" [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 Aleksei Vladimirovich Abutkov (1875 - 1945), "Много есть у меня теремов", op. 12 (10 Писен) no. 7 [ voice and piano ], Москва (Moscow), Советвенность Издателя `Симфония' [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Много есть у меня теремов и садов", op. 42 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Много есть у меня теремов", 1860, stanzas 1,3-5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'ai de nombreux palais et jardins", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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