Kol'co (Kol'tsov, set by S. Rachmaninov, A. Rubinstein) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ja zateplju svechu 
Vosku jarova,
Raspajaju kol'co
Druga milova...

Zagoris', razgoris',
Rokovoj ogon'!
Raspajaj, rastopi
Chisto zoloto!

Bez nego dlja menja
Ty ne nadobno;
Bez nego na ruk
Kamen na serdce.

Chto vzgljanu, to vzdokhnu,
Zatoskujusja.
I zal'jutsja glaza
Gor'kim gorem sljoz.

Vozvratitsja li on?
Ili vestochkoj
Ozhivit li menja,
Bezuteshnuju?

Net nadezhdy v dushe...
Ty razsyp'sja zhe
Zolotoj slezoj,
Pamjat' milova!

Nevredimo, cherno 
Na ogne kol'co,
I zvenit po stolu
Pamjat' vechnuju...

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Authorship

Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808-1842)

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

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894)

Devjat' romansy = Neun Lieder von Kolzoff

German

Set in German, a translation of August von Viedert ENG GER

Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894)

Devjat' romansy = Neun Lieder von Kolzoff

Russian

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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English

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