Do not my passions

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by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Translation © by Aleksey Berg

Не мои ли страсти

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Не мои ли страсти
Поднимают бурю?
С бурями бороться
Не в моей ли власти?...

Пронеслася буря --
И дождём и градом
Пролилася туча
Над зелёным садом.

Боже! На листочках
Облетевшей розы
Как алмазы блещут
Не мои ли слёзы?

Или у природы,
Как у сердца в жизни,
Есть своя улыбка
И свои невзгоды?

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Text Authorship:

by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), no title, written 1850 [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 Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Не мои ли страсти", op. 34 (7 Стихотворений (7 Stikhotvorenij) = 7 Poems) no. 2 (1911-1912), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Berthold Feiwel)

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Word count: 51

Do not my passions

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Do not my passions
Stir up a storm?
To wrestle with the storm,
Is it in my power?

The storm has swept past,
And with rain and hail,
The storm cloud has spilled
Over the green garden.

Oh Lord! On the leaves,
Of a rose that dropped its leaves,
Sparkling, like diamonds,
Aren’t those my tears?

Or, maybe Nature,
Like a heart in life,
Has its own smile,
And its own worries?

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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
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Word count: 72