by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)
Poshchady ja molju!
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
Poshchady ja molju! Ne much' menja, vesna, Ne podkhodi ko mne s boleznennoju laskoj, I serdca ne budi ot mertvennogo sna Svojej mladencheskoj, no trogatel'noj skazkoj. Ty vidish', kak ja slab, o, szhal'sja nado mnoj! Menja tomit i zhzhet tvoj veter blagovonnyj, Ja dorogo kupil zabven'e i pokoj, Ostav' zhe ikh dushe, stradan'em utomlennoj...
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Text Authorship:
- by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Пощады я молю", op. 41 no. 1, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Весна: сюита из четырёх романсов для пения с сопровождением фортепиано (Vesna: sjuita iz chetyrjokh romansov dlja penija s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano), no. 1, Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Пощады я молю!", op. 26 (Пятнадцать романсов = Pjatnadcat' romansov (Fifteen songs)) no. 8 (1906) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael Subotin) , "I beg for mercy!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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