Не [верь мне друг, когда в избытке]1 горя,
Я говорю, что разлюбил тебя,
В отлива час не верь измене моря,
Оно к земле воротится, любя.

Уж я тоскую, прежней страсти полный,
[Мою]2 свободу вновь тебе отдам,
И уж бегут [с обратным]3 шумом волны
Издалека к любимым берегам!

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Confirmed with А. К. Толстой, Сочинения : в 2 т., М.: Художественная литература, 1981, Т. 1., Стихотворения.

¹ Tchaikovsky: "верь, мой друг, когда в порыве" ("ver', moj drug, kogda v poryve")
² Tchaikovsky: "Свою" ("Svoju")
³ Tchaikovsky: "обратно с" ("obratno s")

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• by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, written 1856, first published 1857 [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 Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Не верь мне, друг", op. 1 (6 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (6 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Не верь мне друг", op. 47 no. 6 (1931?) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Russische Gedichte. Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Не верь мне друг", op. 301 no. 20 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from 20 Lieder nach Alexei K. Tolstoi, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Semyon Viktorovich Panchenko (1867 - 1937), "Не верь мне, друг" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Не верь мне, друг!", op. 14 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 7 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Не верь мне, друг", op. 46 no. 4 (1897), from У моря (U morja), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915), "Не верь мне, друг" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "Не верь мне" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov (1805 - 1856), "Не верь мне" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "Не верь мне, друг", op. 43 (Десять романсов) no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "Море и сердце" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev (1850 - 1918), "Не верь мне, друг", op. 35 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa) = Four romances) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Не верь, мой друг", op. 6 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 1 (1869) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Petrovich Vasilyev , "Не верь мне, друг" [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hans Jelmoli.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (1807 - 1893) , no title ; composed by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952) ; composed by Serge Bortkiewicz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Geloof het niet mijn lief", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Glaub nicht, mein Lieb"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

Glaube mir nicht, wenn du aus meinem Munde
Das Wort vernimmst: "ich liebe dich nicht mehr;"
Dem Flieh'n der See in ihrer Ebbestunde
Glaub' nimmer du, harr' ihrer Wiederkehr.

Es schwillt das Herz in Lieb'- und Schmerzensgluthen,
Ich fühle mich [auf's]1 neu an Dich gebannt,
Und brausend rollen die entwichnen Fluthen 
Zurücke schon zu dem geliebten Strand.