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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Talisman
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tam, gde more vechno pleshchet
Na pustynnye skaly,
Gde luna tepleje bleshchet
V sladkij chas vechernej mgly,
Gde, v garemakh naslazhdajas',
Dni provodit musul'man,
Tam volshebnica, laskajas',
Mne vruchila talisman.

I, laskajas', govorila:
,,Sokhrani moj talisman:
V njom tainstvennaja sila!
On tebe ljubov'ju dan.
Ot neduga, ot mogily,
V burju, v groznyj uragan
Golovy tvojej, moj milyj,
Ne spaset moj talisman.

I bogatstvami Vostoka
On tebja ne odarit,
I poklonnikov proroka
On tebe ne pokorit;
I tebja na lono druga,
Ot pechal'nykh chuzhdykh stran,
V kraj rodnoj na sever s juga
Ne umchit moj talisman.

No kogda kovarny ochi
Ocharujut vdrug tebja,
Il' usta vo mrake nochi
Pocelujut ne ljubja -
Milyj drug! ot prestuplen'ja
Ot serdechnykh novykh ran,
Ot izmeny, ot zabven'ja
Sokhranit moj talisman!``

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Талисман", first published 1827 [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 Valentin Alekseyevich Makarov (1908 - 1952?), "Талисман" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sergey Yevgenevich Novikov (d. 1944), "Талисман" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798 - 1843), "Талисман" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 125

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