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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Ach, začem menja
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ach, začem menja
Siloj vydali
Za nemilogo -
Muža starogo.

Nebos' veselo
Teper' matuške
Utirat' moi
Slëzy gor'kie;

Nebos' veselo
Gljadet' batjuške
Na žit'e-byt'e
Goremyšnoe!

Nebos' serdce v nich
Razryvaetsja,
Kak pridu odna
Na velikij den';

Ot družka dary
Prinesu s soboj:
Na lice - pečal',
Na duše - tosku.

Pozdno, rodnye,
Obvinjat' sud'bu,
Vorožit', gadat',
Sulit' radosti!

Pust' iz-za morja
Korabli plyvut;
Puščaj zoloto
Na pol sypetsja;

Ne rasti trave
Posle oseni;
Ne cvesti cvetam
Zimoj po snegu!

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•   P. Bulakhov 

P. Bulakhov sets stanzas 1-6

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  • by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) [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 Semyon Alekseyevich Barmotin (b. 1877), "Русская песня" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Ах, зачем меня силой выдали", stanzas 1-6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Русская песня" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Русская песня", op. 12 no. 3 (1904) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Ах, зачем" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 76

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