Barkarola (Kukol'nik, set by M. Glinka) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Usnuli golubyje
segodnja, kak vchera.
Okh, volny udalyje,
nadolgo l'? - do utra? A...
U nas i v mrake nochi
volnenije ljubvi
slezami topit ochi,
ognjom gorit v krovi.

I pleskom razmakhnulos'
shirokoje veslo,
i tikho raspakhnulos'
zavetnoje okno. O...
I vam pokoju, volny,
stradalec ne dajot:
nadezhd i strasti polny,
vsju noch' ljubov' pojot.

Usnuli golubyje
segodnja, kak vchera.
Okh, volny udalyje,
ne spat' vam do utra. A...

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Authorship

Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809-1868)

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

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857)

Proshchanije S. Peterburgom

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