by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Translation Singable translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
Узник
Language: Russian (Русский)
Сижу за решёткой в темнице сырой. Вскормлённый [в неволе]1 орёл молодой, Мой грустный товарищ, махая крылом, Кровавую пищу клюет под окном. Клюёт и бросает, и смотрит в окно, Как будто со мною задумал одно, Зовёт меня взглядом и криком своим И вымолвить хочет: ,,Давай улетим! Мы вольные птицы; Пора, брат, пора! Туда, где за тучей белеет гора, Туда, где синеют морские края, Туда, где гуляем лишь ветер... да я!``
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Note: written in Kishinyov
1 Gretchaninov, Medtner: "на воле" ("na vole")
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Note: written in Kishinyov
1 Gretchaninov, Medtner: "на воле" ("na vole")
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Узник", written 1822 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Узник", 1843 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Узник", op. 20 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Узник", op. 52 (Семь песен на стихотворения А. Пушкина (Sem' pesen na stikhotvorenija A. Pushkina)) no. 7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Узник", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Узник", VWV 1057 (1863) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Der Gefangene" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , "Le captif", first published 1912
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Word count: 69
Le captif
Language: French (Français)  after the Russian (Русский)
Je suis dans ma cage, dans l'ombre glacée, Moi fils de l'air libre, moi jeune faucon ; Mon frère s'afflige, m'appelle à grands cris. Il tourne, il se pose, puis ronge une proie ; Et puis il la quitte regarde de vers moi, Un rêve, le même, nous hante tous deux, Son cri perçant monte, je lis dans ses yeux, Je sens qu'il m'implore ; « Fuyons loin d'ici ! Nos ailes sont libres ; viens frère, il est temps ! Les cîmes sont blanches, l'azur nous attend, Les brises marines, les clairs horizons. Là-bas dans l'espace, nous sommes les rois ! »
From a Gretchaninov score, Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1912.
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Authorship:
- Singable translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944), "Le captif", first published 1912 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Узник", written 1822
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 103