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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Портрет НН (Подражание Даргомыжскому)
 (Sung text for setting by G. Sviridov)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Она не гордой красотою
Прельщает юношей живых,
Она не водит за собою
Толпу вздыхателей немых.
И стан её -- не стан богини,
И грудь волною не встаёт,
И в ней никто своей святыни,
Припав к земле, не признаёт;
Однако все её движенья,
Улыбки, речи и черты
Так полны жизни, вдохновенья,
Так полны чудной простоты!
Но голос душу проникает
Как вспоминанье лучших дней,
И сердце любит и страдает,
Почти стыдясь любви своей.

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Портрет НН (Подражание Даргомыжскому)" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1832

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Researcher for this page: Konstantin Gomon

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 70

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