by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)
Ten' angela proshla s velichijem caricy
Language: Russian (Русский)
She walks in beauty like the night. Byron Ten' angela proshla s velichijem caricy: V nej byli mrak i svet v odno viden'e slity. Ja videl temnye, stydlivye resnicy, Pripodnjatuju brov' i blednye lanity. I s gordoj krotost'ju usta jejo molchali, I mnilos', jesli b vdrug oni zagovorili, Tak mnogo by prekrasnogo skazali, Tak mnogo by [vysokogo]1 otkryli, Chto i samoj by stalo jej nevol'no I grustno, i smeshno, i tjagostno, i bol'no… Kak voploshchennoje stradanije po`eta, Ona proshla v tolpe s velichijem smiren'ja; Ja provodil jejo glazami, bez priveta, I bez vostorzhennykh pokhval, i bez molen'ja… S blagogovenijem usta moi molchali — No… jesli b kak-nibud' oni zagovorili, Tak mnogo by bezumnogo skazali, Tak mnogo by serdechnykh jazv raskryli, Chto samomu mne stalo b vdrug nevol'no I stydno, i smeshno, i tjagostno, i bol'no…
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- by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Arkady Nikolayevich Axelrod (d. 1977), "И грустно, и смешно, и тягостно, и больно" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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