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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Не спрашивай, зачем унылой думой
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Не спрашивай, зачем унылой думой
Среди забав я часто омрачён,
Зачем на всё подъемлю взор угрюмый,
Зачем не мил мне сладкой жизни сон;

Не спрашивай, зачем душой остылой
Я разлюбил веселую любовь
И никого не называю милой:
Кто раз любил, уж не полюбит вновь;

Кто счастье знал, уж не узнает счастья.
На краткий миг блаженство нам дано:
От юности, от нег и сладострастья
Останется уныние одно...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "К ***", 1817, first published 1825 [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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Не спрашивай, зачем" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Не спрашивай, зачем" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866 - 1901), "Не спрашивай, зачем" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Grigory Aleksandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko (1832 - 1870), "Не спрашивай, зачем" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800 - 1875), "Не спрашивай, зачем" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798 - 1843), "Не спрашивай, зачем", published 1834 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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