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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

О, будь моей звездой, сияй мне тихим...
Language: Russian (Русский) 
О, будь моей звездой, сияй мне тихим светом,
Как эта чистая, далёкая звезда!
На землю тёмную она глядит с приветом,
Чужда её страстям, свободна и горда.

И только иногда, услыша в отдаленье
Любви безумный стон, отчаянный призыв,
Она вздрогнёт сама — и в жалости, в смятенье
На землю падает, о небе позабыв!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, written c1860 [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 будь моей звёздой", op. 5 (6 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (6 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mikhail Nikolayevich Ofrosimov (b. 1840), "О будь моей звёздой" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vasily Mikhailovich Orlov (1858 - 1901), "О будь моей звёздой" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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