Ljublju, jesli, tikho k plechu mojemu golovoj prislonivshis',
S ljubov'ju ty smotrish', kak, ochi potupiv, ja dumaju dumu,
A ty ugadat' jejo khochesh'. Nevol'no proniknut toboju,
Ja ochi k tebe obrashchu i s tvoimi v strechajus' ochami,
I my ulybnemsja bezmolvno, kak budto by v sladkom molchan'i
My mysl'ju soshlisja i mnogo skazali ulybkoj i vzorom.1

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¹ Cui adds "Мы много сказали друг другу" ("My mnogo skazali drug drugu.")

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• by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1852, appears in Из Дневника (Iz Dnevnika) [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 Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876 - 1945), "Люблю если тихо", op. 2 (4 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано) = Vier Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Люблю, если тихо", op. 7 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "Люблю, если тихо", op. 28 (Пять романсов) no. 3 (1899), published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

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