Pesn' Zemfiry (Pushkin, set by P. Tchaikovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Aleko:
 Ili pod sen'ju dymnoj kushchi
 Cygana dikogo rasskaz?

Solo:
 Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh, rezh' menja,
 staryj muzh, groznyj muzh, zhgi menja:
 ja tverda, ne bojus' [ni ognja, ni mecha.]¹
 Rezh' menja, zhgi menja!
 Nenavizhu tebja, preziraju tebja;
 ja drugogo ljublju, umiraju ljubja.

Aleko:
 Molchi. Mne pen'je nadojelo,
 Ja dikikh pesen ne ljublju.

Zemfira:
 Ne ljubish'? Mne kakoje delo?
 I pesnju dlja sebja poju.

Solo:
 Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh, rezh' menja,
 staryj muzh, groznyj muzh, zhgi menja:
 ja tverda, ne bojus' [ni ognja, ni mecha.]¹
 Rezh' menja, zhgi menja!
 On svezheje vesny, zharche letnego dnja;
 kak on molod i smel! Kak on ljubit menja!

Aleko:
 Molchi, Zemfira, ja dovolen

Zemfira:
 Tak ponjal pesnju ty moju?

Aleko:
 Zemfira!

Zemfira:
 Ty serdit'sja volen,
 Ja pesnju pro tebja poju.

Solo:
 Staryj muzh, groznyj muzh, rezh' menja,
 staryj muzh, groznyj muzh, zhgi menja:
 ja tverda, ne bojus' [ni ognja, ni mecha.]¹
 Rezh' menja, zhgi menja!

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¹ Pushkin: "ni nozha, ni ognja."

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Authorship

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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