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by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Maska
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
V pestrote, v mnogoljudstve sobran'ja,
Prazdnym vzorom skol'zja bez vniman'ja,
Zloju skukoj tomimyj davno,
U kolonn vstretil ja domino.

Protjanuv svoju ruchku-maljutku,
Ona szhala moju ne na shutku;
Na lice mojom zhar zaigral,
No ja miloj mojej ne uznal.

Iz-pod rozovoj shjolkovoj maski,
Kak dve zvjozdochki, teplilis' glazki --
I na mne ostanovlennyj vzor
Vyrazhal i ljubov' i ukor.

Nakonec ona tikho skazala:
«Ja davno, ja vezde vas isskala» --
Izmenil rechi trepetnyj zvuk,
Ja uznal trepet milykh mne ruk.

O, vo imja ljubvi prostodushnoj,
Ne snimaj `etoj maski bezdushnoj,
Ja bojus', drug moj milyj, ljubja,
V `etot mig ja bojus' za tebja.

V pestrote, v mnogoljudstve sobran'ja
Pust' projdjot kleveta bez vniman'ja,
I ljubvi otkrovennoj slova
Ne podslushajet zlaja molva. --

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Text Authorship:

  • by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Маска", written 1840-5 [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 Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Маска", op. 34 (7 Стихотворений (7 Stikhotvorenij) = 7 Poems) no. 3 (1911-1912), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , "The mask", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 119

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