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by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)

K čemu tveržu ja stich unylyj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
K čemu tveržu ja stich unylyj,
Začem, v polnočnoj tišine,
Tot golos strastnyj, golos milyj
Letit i prositsja ko mne,-

Začem? ogon' nemych stradanij
V ee duše zažeg ne ja...
V ee grudi, v toske rydanij
Tot ston zvučal ne dlja menja.

Tak dlja čego že tak bezumno
Duša bežit k ee nogam,
Kak volny morja mčatsja šumno
K nedostižimym beregam?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883), no title, written 1843 [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), "К чему?", op. 29 (Два романса для голоса с сопровождением фортепиано (Dva romansa dlja golosa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Vladimirovich Yegorov , "К чему твержу я стих унылый" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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