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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Mechtatelyu
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ty' v strasti gorestnoj naxodish` naslazhden`e;
tebe priyatno slyozy' lit`,
naprasny'm plamenem tomit` voobrazhen`e
i v serdce tixoe uny'nie tait`.

Pover`, ne lyubish` ty', neopy'tny'j mechtatel`!
O, esli by' tebya, uny'ly'x chuvstv iskatel`,
postiglo strashnoe bezumie lyubvi;
kogda b ves` yad eyo kipel v tvoej krovi;

kogda by' v dolgie chasy' bessonnoj nochi
na lozhe, medlenno terzaemy'j toskoj,
ty' zval obmanchivy'j pokoj,
votshhe smy'kaya skorbny' ochi,

pokrovy' zharkie, ry'daya, obnimal
i soxnul v beshenstve besplodnogo zhelan`ya, -
pover`, togda b ty' ne pital
neblagodarnogo mechtan`ya!

Net, net! v slezax upav k nogam
svoej lyubovnicy' nadmennoj,
drozhashhij, bledny'j, isstuplenny'j,
togda b voskliknul ty' k bogam:

,,Otdajte, bogi, mne rassudok omrachenny'j,
voz`mite ot menya sej obraz rokovoj!
Dovol`no ya lyubil; otdajte mne pokoj!
No mrachnaya lyubov` i obraz nezabvenny'j
ostalis` vechno by' s toboj.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) [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 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Мечтателю", op. 32 (Шесть стихотворений (Shest' stikhotvorenij)) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , "To a dreamer", copyright © 2017, (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: 25
Word count: 131

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