This popular bass aria is frequently excerpted from the opera. In it, a homeless wanderer named Varlaam stops at an inn near the Lithuanian border and, after a few drinks, tells the guests there about his experiences in the Battle of Kazan, under the command of Ivan the Terrible. The aria is prized...
Kak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani
Groznyj car' piroval da veselilsja
On tatarej bil neshchadno
Chtob im bylo nepovadno vdol' po Rusi guljat'
On podkhodom podkhodil da pod Kazan'-gorodok;
On podkopy podkopal da pod Kazanku-reku
Kak tatare-to po gorodu pokhazhivajut
Na carja Ivana-to pogljadyvajut
Zli tatarove
Groznyj car'-ot zakruchinilsja
On povesil golovushku na pravoje plecho
Uzh kak stal car' pushkarej szyvat'
Pushkarej vsjo zazhigal'shchikov
Zazhigal'shchikov
Zadymilasja svechka vosku jarovo;
Podkhodil molodoj pushkar'-ot k bochechke
A i s porokhom-to bochka zakruzhilas'ja oj
Po podkopam pokatilasja
Da i khlopnula
Zavopili, zagal deli zli tatarove
Blagim matom zalivalisja
Poleglo tatarovej t'ma t'mushchaja
Poleglo ikh sorok tysjachej
I tri tysjachi
Tak vo gorode bylo vo Kazani!... `E!
Varlaam’s Song was written by Александр Пушкин (Alexander Pushkin) & Модест Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky).
Модест Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky) released Varlaam’s Song on Tue Jan 27 1874.
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