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by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861)

Pevcu
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ne poj o schastii, pevec, ne uteshaj
Sebja zabavoju nichtozhnoj;
Pust' `eto schastije nevozmutimyj raj,
Ono v nash vek — lish' prizrak lozhnyj.
Pust' pesn' tvoja zvuchna, — ona odin obman
I obol'stitel'nye grjozy:
Ona ne iscelit dushi glubokikh ran
I ne osushit serdca sljozy.

Vzgljani, kak nasha zhizn' lenivaja idet
I skuchno i odnoobpazno,
Zapechatlennaja trevogoju zabot
Odnoj dejstvitel'nosti grjaznoj;
Vzgljani na vse plody, kotorye v nash vek
Sobrat' dosele my uspeli,
Na vsjo, chem okruzhjon i zanjat chelovek
Do pozdnikh let ot kolybeli.

Vezde otkrojesh' ty pechal'nye sledy
Nichtozhestva il' osleplen'ja,
Prichiny tajnye bessmyslennoj bor'by,
Netvjordoj very i somnen'ja,
Zametish' grubogo nichtozhestva pechat',
Dobra i chesti oskorblen'e,
Bessovestnyj raschjot, obdumannyj razvrat
Ili prirody iskazhen'e.

I mnogoje prochtjot vnimatel'nyj tvoj vzor
V stranicakh jezhednevnoj zhizni…
I `etot li slepoj obshchestvennyj pozor
Ostavish' ty bez ukorizny?
I ne prosnjotsja vmig v tebe svobodnyj dukh
Glubokogo negodovan'ja?
I ty, zemnoj prorok i pravdy smelyj drug,
Ne vspomnish' svojego prizvan'ja!

O net! ne poj, pevec, o schastii pustom
V godinu nashego pozora!
Pust' pesn' tvoja mezh nas, kak pravosudnyj grom,
Razdastsja golosom ukora!
Pust' um nash probudit i dushu potrjasjot
Tvojo prorocheskoje slovo
I serdce kholodom i strakhom obol'jot
I voskresit dlja zhizni novoj!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861), "Певцу", written 1852 [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 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Певцу", op. 1 (Zwölf Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung = 12 Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Victor) Felix von Dwelshauvers-Déry (1869 - 1915) and by A. de Gourghenbekoff ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-08
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Word count: 202

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