by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Напрасно я бегу к Сионским высотам
Language: Russian (Русский)
Напрасно я бегу к Сионским высотам, Грех алчный гонится за мною по пятам... Так, ноздри пыльные уткнув в песок сыпучий, Голодный лев следит оленя бег пахучий.
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1836 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Напрасно я бегу", op. 57 (Двадцать пять стихотворении Пушкина = Dvadcat' pjat' stikhotvorenii Pushkina (25 Poems of Pushkin)) no. 24 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Напрасно я бегу к Сионским высотам", op. 16 (Три романсов на слова А. Пушкина (Tri romansov na slova A. Pushkina) = Three romances on words by A. Pushkin) no. 3, published 1937 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Muzgiz [sung text not yet checked]
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