The busy bee

The busy bee
has no time
for sorrow.

by William Blake (1757-1827) , from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, published 1790-3

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

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "The busy bee", op. 151 no. 2 [voice and piano], from Proverbs of Hell, no. 2.

RUS Russian [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Date added to the website: 2008-02-13.

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Pchjolka

U pchjolki net
[net u nej] vremeni
dlja pechali.

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Singable translation by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Pchjolka", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

a text in English by William Blake (1757-1827) , from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, published 1790-3

Date added to the website: 2008-02-13.