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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

O esli b znali vy'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
O, esli b znali vy', druz`ya moej vesny',
Prekrasny'x grez moix, pory'vov blagorodny'x,
Kakoj muchitel`noj toskoj otravleny'
Proxodyat dni moi v volneniyax besplodny'x!

By'loe predo mnoj kak prizrak vosstaet,
I tajny'j golos mne tverdit ukor pravdivy'j;
Chego ubit` ne mog surovoj zhizni gnet,
Zary'l ya v zemlyu sam, - zary'l, kak rab lenivy'j.

Dushe by'la dana lyubov` ot boga v dar,
I otlichat` dano dobro ot zla umen`e;
Na chto zhe tratil ya svyashhenny'j serdcza zhar,
Uporno l` k celi shel vo imya ubezhden`ya?

YA zaklyuchal ne raz so zlom posty'dny'j mir
I prenebreg truda spasitel`noj dorogoj,
Ne prostiral ruki tomu, kto nag i sir,
I ostavalsya glux k prizy'vam pravdy' strogoj.

O, bol`no, bol`no mne!!! Skorbit dusha moya,
Kaznit menya palach neumolimy'j - sovest`;
I v knige proshlogo s sty'dom chitayu ya
Pogibshej bez sleda, besplodnoj zhizni povest`.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) [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 Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "О если б знали вы", op. 13 (7 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (7 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 137

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