Уж ты, нива моя, нивушка
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Уж ты, нива моя, нивушка,
Не скосить тебя с маху единого,
Не связать тебя всю во единый сноп!
Уж вы, думы мои, думушки,
Не стряхнуть вас разом с плеч долой,
Одной речью-то вас не высказать!
По тебе-ль, нива, ветер разгуливал,
Гнул колосья твои до-земли,
Зрелы зерна-все разметывал!
Широко вы, думы, порассыпались,
Куда пала какая думушка.
Там всходила люта печаль-трава,
Выростало горе горючее.
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Confirmed with Новѣйшіе русскіе писатели: опыт христоматіи періода русской словесности после Гоголя, составил А. Цветков, С.-Петерсбург, Издание Ф. Павленкова, 1883.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "Нивушка", op. 21 no. 3, published [1896] [ mixed chorus a cappella ], St. Petersburg, Wispolsky [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Уж ты, нива моя", op. 67 (Восемьнадцать стихотворении А.К. Толстого = Vosem'nadcat' stikhotvorenii A. K. Tolstogo (18 Poems of A. K. Tolstoy)) no. 4, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktor Nikandrovich Paskhalov (1841 - 1885), "Нивушка" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktor Nikandrovich Paskhalov (1841 - 1885), "Уж ты, нива моя, нивушка" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Уж ты, нива моя!", op. 4 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs) ) no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , no title, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô toi, mon champ de blé !", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 13
Word count: 62
O you, my grain‑field, little...
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
O you, my grain-field, little grain-field,
one cannot mow you with a single stroke,
one cannot tie you all up into a single sheaf!
O you, my thoughts, little thoughts,
one cannot all at once get rid of you,
one cannot express you with one utterance!
The wind would stroll through you, grain-field,
would bend your ears [of grain] to the earth,
and toss all the mature grains!
You, [my] thoughts, would scatter yourselves far and wide,
to where some little thought would fall.
In that place a cruel grass of sadness would sprout,
a burning grief would spring up.
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Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2015 by Lyle Neff, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-06
Line count: 13
Word count: 100