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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Sklonis' ko mne, krasavec molodoj!
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Sklonis' ko mne, krasavec molodoj!
Kak ty stydliv! — uzheli v pervyj raz
Grud' zhenskuju laskajesh' ty rukoj?
V moikh ob"jat'jakh vot uzh celyj chas
Lezhish' — a strakha vsjo ne prevozmog...
Ne luchshe li u serdca, chem u nog?
Daj mne odnu minutu v zhizn' svoju...
Chto zlato? — ja tebja ljublju, ljublju!..

Ty tak khorosh! — byvalo, zhdu, kogda
Nastanet vecher, sjadu u okna...
I mimo ty idesh', byvalo, da, —
Ty pomnish'? — Serebristaja luna,
Kak angel sred' otverzhennykh, mezh tuch
Bluzhdala, na tebja kidaja luch,
I ja gordilas' tem, chto nakonec
Sopernica moja nebes zhilec.

Pechat' prezren'ja na mojem chele,
No spravedliv li mira prigovor?
Chto dobrodetel', jesli na zemle
Prostupok ne beschest'e — no pozor?
Pover', nevinnykh zhenshchin vovse net,
Lish' po zhelan'ju sluchaj i predmet
Ne vechno tut. Ljubit' ne stavit v grekh
Ta odnogo, ta mnogikh — `eta vsekh!

Roditelej ne znala ja svoikh,
Vospitana starukhoju chuzhoj,
Ne znala ja vesel'ja dnej mladykh, —
I dazhe ne gordilas' krasotoj;
V pjatnadcat' let, po vole zloj sud'by,
Ja prodana muzhchine — ni mol'by,
Ni slezy ne mogli spasti menja.
S tekh por ja gibnu, gibnu — den' ot dnja.

Mne mil moj styd! on pravo mne dajet
Tebja lobzat', tebja na mig odin
Ottorgnut' ot muchitel'nykh zabot!
O naslazhdajsja! — ty moj gospodin!
Khotja tebe sluchitsja, mozhet byt',
Menja v svoikh ob"jat'jakh zadushit',
Blazhenstvom smert' mne budet ot tebja.
Moj drug! — chego ne vynesesh' ljubja!

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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 Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Склонись ко мне", op. 5 (5 Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 5, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vasily Davidovich Korganov (1865 - 1934), "Утешение" [sung text not yet checked]

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-02
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