Shotlandskaja ballada (Tolstoy, set by P. Tchaikovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ch'ej kroviju mech svoj ty tak obagril, `Edvard, `Edvard?
Ch'ej kroviju mech svoj ty tak obagril?
Zachem ty gljadish' tak surovo?

To sokola ja, rasserdjasja, ubil,
To sokola ja, rasserdjasja, ubil,
I negde dobyt' mne drugogo!

U sokola krov' tak krasna ne bezhit, `Edvard, `Edvard!
U sokola krov' tak krasna ne bezhit
Tvoj mech okrovavlen krasneje!

Moj kon' krasnoburyj byl mnoju ubit,
Moj kon' krasnoburyj byl mnoju ubit,
Toskuju po dobrom kone ja!

Kon' star u tebja, `eta krov' ne jego, `Edvard, `Edvard!
Kon' star u tebja, `eta krov' ne jego,
Ne to v tvojom sumrachnom vzore!

Otca ja sejchas zakolol mojego,
Otca ja sejchas zakolol mojego,
I ljutoje zhzhjot menja gore!

A grekh chem tjazhjolyj iskupish' ty svoj, `Edvard, `Edvard!
A grekh chem tjazhjolyj iskupish' ty svoj?
Chem symesh' ty s sovesti noshu?

Ja sjadu v lad'ju nepogodoj morskoj,
Ja sjadu v lad'ju nepogodoj morskoj,
I vetru vse parusy broshu!

Chto zh budet s tvojimi det'mi i s zhenoj, `Edvard, `Edvard?
Chto zh budet s tvojimi det'mi i s zhenoj,
V ikh gor'koj, bespomoshchnoj dole?

Pust' po miru khodjat za khlebom s sumoj,
Pust' po miru khodjat za khlebom s sumoj,
Ja s nimi ne svi zhusja bole!

A materi chto ty ostavish' svojej, `Edvard, `Edvard?
A materi chto ty ostavish' svojej,
Tebja chto u grudi kachala?

Prokljat'je tebe do skonchanija dnej,
Prokljat'je tebe do skonchanija dnej!
Tebe, chto mne grekh nasheptala!

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Authorship

Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)

Based on

text

Folk poetry or song tradition (Volkslieder)

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

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

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Шесть дуэтов = Shest' du`etov (Six duets)

Set in English, original text from Folk poetry or song tradition (Volkslieder) RUS GER

Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890-1937)

Set in German, adapted by by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) DUT RUS FRE GER

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Vier Balladen und Romanzen

Josef Labor (1842-1924)

Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869)

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726-1797)

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