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Она безгрешных сновиденый тебе на ложе не пошлет, и для небес, как добрый гений, твоей души не сбережет; с ней мир другой, по мир прелестный; с ней гаснет вера в лучший край... Не называй её небесной и у земли, у земли не отнимай! Нет у неё бесплотных крылий, чтоб отделиться от людей: она - слиянье роз и лилий, цветущих для земных очей; она манит во храм чудесный, но этот храм - не светлый рай, Не называй её небесной и у земли, у земли не отнимай! Вглядись в пронзительные очи, не небом светятся они: в них есть неправедные ночи, в них есть мучительные дни. Пред троном красоты телесной святых молитв не зажигай... Не называй её небесной и у земли, у земли не отнимай! Она - не ангел - небожитель, но, о любви её моля, как помнить горнюю обитель, как знать, что небо, что земля? С ней мир другой, но мир прелестный, с ней гаснет вера в лучший край... Не называй её небесной и у земли, у земли не отнимай!
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- by Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803 - 1864), "Романс", first published 1834 [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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Не называй её небесной" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Не называй её небесной" [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
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Word count: 168
She will not evoke Innocent dreams when you are in bed, And for the heavens, like a good genie, Won't save your soul; With her the world seems changed, but so charming, With her fades all hope of paradise... Don't call her heavenly And don't steal her from earth! She doesn't have ethereal wings With which to escape from mankind; She is a blend of roses and lilies, which are flowers for earthly eyes; She lures you to a marvellous land, But that land is not a bright paradise... Don't call her heavenly And don't steal her from earth! Look into her piercing eyes -- They are glowing, but not with heaven: They shine with depraved nights, They shine with tortured days! Before the throne of fleshly beauty Don't light up candles in holy prayer... Don't call her heavenly And don't steal her from earth! She is not a heavenly angel, But begging her for love, Is it possible to remember the higher spheres, To know what is Heaven, what is earth? With her the world seems changed, but so charming, With her fades all hope for paradise... Don't call her heavenly And don't steal her from earth!
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803 - 1864), "Романс", first published 1834
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-16
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Word count: 197