by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)
O jesli b znali vy
Language: Russian (Русский)
O, jesli b znali vy, druz'ja mojej vesny, Prekrasnykh grez moikh, poryvov blagorodnykh, Kakoj muchitel'noj toskoj otravleny Prokhodjat dni moi v volnenijakh besplodnykh! Byloje predo mnoj kak prizrak vosstajet, I tajnyj golos mne tverdit ukor pravdivyj; Chego ubit' ne mog surovoj zhizni gnet, Zaryl ja v zemlju sam, - zaryl, kak rab lenivyj. Dushe byla dana ljubov' ot boga v dar, I otlichat' dano dobro ot zla umen'e; Na chto zhe tratil ja svjashchennyj serdca zhar, Uporno l' k celi shel vo imja ubezhden'ja? Ja zakljuchal ne raz so zlom postydnyj mir I prenebreg truda spasitel'noj dorogoj, Ne prostiral ruki tomu, kto nag i sir, I ostavalsja glukh k prizyvam pravdy strogoj. O, bol'no, bol'no mne!!! Skorbit dusha moja, Kaznit menja palach neumolimyj - sovest'; I v knige proshlogo s stydom chitaju ja Pogibshej bez sleda, besplodnoj zhizni 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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