by Mirra (Mariya) Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya (1869 - 1905)
Da, ėto byl liš' son! Minutnoe viden'e
Language: Russian (Русский)
Da, ėto byl liš' son! Minutnoe viden'e Blesnulo mne, kak svetlyj meteor... Začem že stol'ko grëz, blaženstva i mučen'ja Zažeg vo mne neotrazimyj vzor? Kak pusto, kak mertvo! ... I v buduščem vsë to že... Časy letjat... a žizn' tak korotka!... Da, ėto byl liš' son, no prizrak mne dorože Ljubvi živoj roskošnogo cvetka. Rassejalsja tuman, i cholod probužden'ja V gorjačem serdce krov' oledenil. Da, ėto byl liš' son... minutnoe viden'e... No otčego ž zabyt' ego net sil?
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- by Mirra (Mariya) Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya (1869 - 1905), first published 1890 [author's text not yet checked 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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Да, это был лишь сон", op. 63 (Двенадцать романсов (Dvenadcat' romansov) = Twelve Romances) no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin (1871 - 1942), "Свидание" [sung text not yet checked]
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