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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Послушай, быть может, когда мы покинем
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Послушай, быть может, когда мы покинем
Навек этот мир, где душою так стынем,
Быть может в стране, где не знают обману,
Ты ангелом будешь, я демоном стану! —
Клянися тогда позабыть, дорогая,
Для прежнего друга всё счастие рая!
Пусть мрачный изгнанник, судьбой осужденный,
Тебе будет раем, а ты мне — вселенной! —

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Послушай, быть может", op. 49 (Пять романсов (Pjat' romansov) = Five romances) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vasily Fyodorovich Bystrov , "Послушай" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by F. A. Zaikin , "Послушай, быть может" [sung text not yet checked]

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: 52

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