by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)
O esli b znali vy
Language: Russian (Русский)
O, esli b znali vy, druz'ja moej vesny, Prekrasnych grez moich, poryvov blagorodnych, Kakoj mučitel'noj toskoj otravleny Prochodjat dni moi v volnenijach besplodnych! Byloe predo mnoj kak prizrak vosstaet, I tajnyj golos mne tverdit ukor pravdivyj; Čego ubit' ne mog surovoj žizni gnet, Zaryl ja v zemlju sam, - zaryl, kak rab lenivyj. Duše byla dana ljubov' ot boga v dar, I otličat' dano dobro ot zla umen'e; Na čto že tratil ja svjaščennyj serdca žar, Uporno l' k celi šel vo imja ubežden'ja? JA zaključal ne raz so zlom postydnyj mir I prenebreg truda spasitel'noj dorogoj, Ne prostiral ruki tomu, kto nag i sir, I ostavalsja gluch k prizyvam pravdy strogoj. O, bol'no, bol'no mne!!! Skorbit duša moja, Kaznit menja palač neumolimyj - sovest'; I v knige prošlogo s stydom čitaju ja Pogibšej bez sleda, besplodnoj žizni povest'.
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Authorship:
- by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) [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 Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "О если б знали вы", op. 13 (7 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (7 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
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