Rycarskij romans (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)


Prosti! Korabl' vzmakhnul krylom,
zovjot truba mojej druzhiny;
il' na shchite, il' so shchitom
vernus' k tebe iz Palestiny.
Molva o podvigakh mojikh,
shumja, pridjot mojim predtechej,
i lavr iz nezhnykh ruk tvojikh
nagradoj budet mne i vstrechej.

Kljanusja serdcem i mechom:
il' na shchite, il' so shchitom.

Sto bitv, sto rek, sto gorodov
o imeni tvojom uznajut;
na sta jazykakh sto pevcov
i zapojut, i zaigrajut.
I vnov', volnujas' i shumja,
tvojej velikoj slavy polny,
k tvojim stopam primchat menja
moguchije sedyje volny.

Kljanusja serdcem i mechom:
il' na shchite, il' so shchitom.

No jesli prigovor sud'by
v bojakh poshljot mne smert' navstrechu,
na strashnyj zov jejo truby
ja imenem tvojim otvechu.
Padu na shchit, chtob venzel' tvoj
vragam ne vydat', umiraja,
i, pobezhdjon odnoj sud'boj,
umru, tebja blagoslovljaja.

Kljanusja serdcem i mechom:
il' na shchite, il' so shchitom.

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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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