Zhelan'je

Otvorite mne temnicu,
Dajte mne sijan'je dnja,
Chernoglazuju devicu,
Chernogrivogo konja.
Dajte raz po sinju polju
Proskakat' na tom kone,
Dajte raz na zhizn' i volju,
Kak na chuzhduju mne dolju,
Posmotret' poblizhe mne.

Dajte mne chelnok doschatyj 
S polusgnivsheju [skamej]1,
Parus seryj i kosmatyj, 
Oznakomlennyj s grozoj.
Ja togda pushchusja v more
Bezzaboten i odin,
Razguljajus' na prostore
I poteshus' v bujnom spore
S dikoj prikhot'ju puchin.

Dajte mne dvorec vysokoj
I krugom zelenyj sad,
Chtob v teni jego shirokoj
Zrel jantarnyj vinograd;
Chtob fontan ne umolkaja
V zale mramornom zhurchal,
I menja b v mechtan'jakh raja,
Khladnoj pyl'ju oroshaja,
Usypljal i probuzhdal...

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Note on Transliteration

by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Zhelan'je", published 1837

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Paskua , "Otvorite mne temnicu"
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Zhelanije", op. 8 (Sechs russische Volkslieder) no. 5, published 1850, note: also set in German
by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) , "Otvorite mne temnicu"

by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Sehnsucht", op. 8 (Sechs russische Volkslieder) no. 5 (1850), note: also set in Russian

GER German (Peter Cornelius)
ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache)

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