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by Vladislav Nikolayevich Gorchakov (1822 - c1853)

О молчи, милый друг мой, молчи!
Language: Russian (Русский) 
О молчи, милый друг мой, молчи!
Никому никогда ни полслова!
Только мне ты о страсти шепчи
В тихий час средь ночного покрова.

Не поймет тебя странный наш свет,
Чистой страсти твоей не оценит.
Верь, ни в ком здесь участия нет!
Даже лучший наш друг нам изменит.

Верь! Они же тебя осмеют,
Да они же тебя и погубят!
За любовь клеветой воздадут,
Ведь не так, как мы, люди здесь любят.

И ужасен тот будет урок!
С уст исчезнет навеки улыбка.
Откровенность не только порок,
Откровенность большая ошибка.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vladislav Nikolayevich Gorchakov (1822 - c1853) [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 Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "О молчи, милый друг мой, молчи!" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

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