Seroglazyj korol' (Akhmatova, set by S. Prokofiev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Slava tebe, bezyskhodnaja bol'!
Umer vchera seroglazyj korol'.
Vecher osennij byl dushen i al.
Muzh moj, vernuvshis', spokojno skazal:
,,Znajesh', s okhoty jego prinesli,
Telo u starogo duba nashli.
Zhal' korolevu. Takoj molodoj!
Za noch' odnu ona stala sedoj.``

Trubku svoju na kamine nashjol
I na rabotu nochnuju ushjol.
Dochku moju ja sejchas razbuzhu,
V seryje glazki jejo pogljazhu.
A za oknom shelestjat topolja:
,,Net na zemle tvojego korolja.``

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Authorship

Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889-1966) [pseudonym]

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

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

FRE

French

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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