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Kanarejka

Language: Russian

Govorit sultansha kanarejke:
,,Ptichka! luchshe v tereme vysokom
Shebetat' i pesni pet' Zjulejke,
Chem porkhat' na Zapade dalekom?

Spoj zhe, spoj zhe mne pro zamore, pevichka,
Spoj zhe, spoj zhe mne pro Zapad, neposedka!
Jest' li tam takoje nebo, ptichka,
Jest' li tam takoj garem i kletka?
U kogo tam stol'ko roz byvalo?
U kogo iz shakhov jest' Zjulejka -
I podnjat' li tak jej pokryvalo?``

Jej v otvet shchebechet kanarejka:
,,Ne prosi s menja zamorskikh pesen,
Ne budi toski mojej bez nuzhdy:
Tvoj garem no nashim pesnjam tesen,
I slova ikh odaliskam chuzhdy...
Ty v lenivoj drjome rascvetala,
Kak i vsja krugom tebja priroda,
I ne znajesh'-dazhe ne slykhala,
Chto u pesni jest' sestra-svoboda.``


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Authorship

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

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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