by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Lyubov` mertvecza
Language: Russian (Русский)
Puskaj xolodnoyu zemleyu
Zasy'pan ya,
[O]1 drug! vsegda, vezde s toboyu
[Dusha moya.]2
Lyubvi bezumnogo tomlen`ya,
Zhilecz mogil,
V strane pokoya i zabven`ya
YA ne zaby'l.
Bez straxa v chas poslednej muki
Pokinuv svet,
Otrady' zhdal ya ot razluki --
Razluki net!
[Ya videl prelest` bestelesny'x,
I toskoval,
Chto obraz tvoj v chertax nebesny'x
Ne uznaval.]3
Chto mne siyan`e bozh`ej vlasti
I raj svyatoj?
YA perenyos zemny'e strasti
Tuda s soboj.
Laskayu ya mechtu rodnuyu,
Vezde odnu;
Zhelayu, plachu i revnuyu,
Kak vstarinu.
Kosnetsya l` chuzhdoe dy'xan`e
Tvoix lanit, -
Moya dusha v nemom stradan`i
Vsya zadrozhit.
Sluchitsya l`, shepchesh`, zasy'paya,
Ty' o drugom,
Tvoi slova tekut py'laya
Po mne ognyom.
Ty' ne dolzhna lyubit` drugogo,
Net, ne dolzhna,
Ty' mertveczu, svyaty'nej slova,
Obruchena.
Uvy', tvoj strax, tvoi molen`ya
K chemu one?
[Ty' znaesh`]4, mira i zabven`ya
Ne nado mne!
P. Tchaikovsky sets stanzas 1-4
C. Cui sets stanzas 1, 4-5
1 Cui: "Moj"
2 Tchaikovsky: "Dusha moja, dusha moja vsegda, vezde s toboj!"
3 omitted by Tchaikovsky.
4 Cui: "Pokoja,"
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Любовь мертвеца" [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), "Любовь мертвеца", op. 1 (6 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (6 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 6 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Любовь мертвеца", op. 5 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances) = Six mélodies) no. 2 (1858), stanzas 1,4-5 [ voice and piano ], also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pyotr Leonidovich Grand-Mezon , "Любовь мертвеца" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849 - 1911), as Войтех Иванович Главач, "Любовь мертвеца" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrey Fyodorovich Kazbryuk (1849 - 1885), "Любовь мертвеца" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Lazarev (b. 1819), "Любовь мертвеца" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Stanyukovich (1824 - 1892), "Любовь мертвеца" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Любовь мертвеца", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 5 (1878), stanzas 1-4 [ baritone and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Vladimirovich Voloshinov (1905 - 1960), "Любовь мертвеца" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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