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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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]
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