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by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868)

Каватина
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Давно ли роскошно
ты розой цвела,
но жизни непрочной
минула весна.

И знойного лета
палящей красой,
Ты  пышно одета
блестышь предо мной,
и чудно мерцанье
вечерней звезды,
и чудно сиянье
твоей красоты.

Давно ли роскошно
ты розой цвела,
но жизны непрочной
минула весна.

Ярко деница горит,
свежей красою манит.
Нет, не отдам я тебя,
чудная дева моя!
Нежная роза взошла,
юной красой расцвела.
Нет, не отдам я тебя,
чудная дева моя!

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Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

  • by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Каватина", 1840, from Proshchanije S. Peterburgom, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "Cavatina", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jacob Wilde [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 71

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