Zimnij vecher (Pushkin, set by A. Dargomyzhsky, N. Medtner, E. Nápravník, V. Rebikov, M. Slonov, M. Yakovlev, P. Viardot) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Burja mgloju nebo krojet,
Vikhri snezhnyje krutja;
To, kak zver', ona zavojet,
To zaplachet, kak ditja,
To po krovle obvetshaloj
Vdrug solomoj zashumit,
To, kak putnik zapozdalyj,
K nam v okoshko zastuchit.

Nasha vetkhaja lachuzhka
I pechal'na, i temna;
Chto zhe ty, moja starushka,
Priumolkla u okna?
Ili buri zavyvan'jem
Ty, moj drug, utomlena,
Ili dremlesh' pod zhuzhzhan'je
Svojego veretena?

Vyp'jem, dobraja podruzhka
Bednoj junosti mojej,
Vyp'jem s gorja, gde zhe kruzhka?
Serdcu budet veselej.
Spoj mne pesnju, kak sinica
Tikho za morem zhila;
Spoj mne pesnju, kak devica
Za vodoj poutru shla.

Burja mgloju nebo krojet,
Vikhri snezhnyje krutja;
To, kak zver', ona zavojet,
To zaplachet, kak ditja,
Vyp'jem, dobraja podruzhka
Bednoj junosti mojej,
Vyp'jem s gorja, gde zhe kruzhka?
Serdcu budet veselej!

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Authorship

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

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

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869)

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951)

Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839-1916)

Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866-1920)

Mikhail Akimovich Slonov (1869-1930)

Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910)

Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798-1868)

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