Songs
Korolevskij pokhod, 'The King's Campaign'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Six Romances on Verses by English Poets (1942) Op. 62
Text & Translation
Korolevskij pokhod, 'The King's Campaign'
Russian source:
Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak
Polki svoikh strelkov.
Po sklonu vniz korol' soshjol,
No tol'ko bez polkov.
The King's Campaign
English translation ©
Anon.
The King has marched his men;
The King has come back down again,
But without his band of men.
Korolevskij pokhod, 'The King's Campaign'
Russian source:
Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak
The King's Campaign
English source:
Anon.
Po sklonu vverkh korol' povjol
Up to the top of the hill
Polki svoikh strelkov.
The King has marched his men;
Po sklonu vniz korol' soshjol,
The King has come back down again,
No tol'ko bez polkov.
But without his band of men.
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist. He achieved fame in the Soviet Union, although later developed a more complex and difficult relationship with the government. As a composer, he combined a variety of different musical…
