Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh

Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh,
Rezh' menja, zhgi menja:
Ja tverda, ne bojus'
Ni noka, ni ognja.

Nenavizhu tebja,
Preziraju tebja,
Ja drugogo ljublju,
Umiraju ljubja.

Rezh' menja, zhgi menja;
Ne zkazhu nichego;
Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh,
Ne uznajesh' jego.

On svezheje vesny
Zharche letnego dnja;
Kak on molod i [smel]1
Kak on ljubit menja!

Kak laskala jego
Ja v nochnoj tishine!
Kak smejalis' togda
My tvojej sedine!

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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) , from Cygany, published 1824

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) , "Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh", 1825>>, published 1860.
by Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov (1826-1894) , "Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh"
by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh"
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 12 (c1867), published 1868 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Senff, also set in German
by Feofil Matveyevich Tolstoy (1809-1881) , "Staryj muzh" [voice and piano]
by Aleksei Nikolayevich Verstovsky (1799-1862) , "Cyganskaja pesnja", published 1832.
by Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky (1788-1856) , "Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh", 1825.

by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Scene: "Alter Mann, grimmer Mann" aus "Die Zigeuner"", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 12 (c1867), published 1868 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Senff, also set in Russian

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