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by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868)
Translation

Скажи, зачем
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Скажи, зачем явилась ты
Моим очам, младая Лила?
И вновь забытые черты
В душе заснувшей пробудила?
Скажи, зачем?

Над страстию моей шутя,
Зачем с ума меня ты сводишь?
Когда ж гляжу я на тебя,
Ты взор с холодностью отводишь,
Скажи, зачем?

Скажи, зачем?.. Нет, погоди!
Хочу продлить я заблужденья,
Удар жестокий отврати;
Прогонишь ты мои мученья, -
Скажи, зачем…

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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), "Скажи, зачем" [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-01
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