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by Tat'yana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874 - 1952)

Ljubov' ‑ ėto son upoitel'nyj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ljubov' - ėto son upoitel'nyj,
Svet žizni, istočnik živitel'nyj.
V nej muki, vostorg, v nej vesna;
Blaženstva i gorja polna,
  I slezy
  I grezy
Tak divno darit nam ona.
No čuždy mne devy prekrasnye,
Ob"jat'ja bezumnye, vlastnye,
I šelkovych kos aromat,
I oči, čto žgut i tomjat,
  I lepet,
  I trepet,
I ust upoitel'nyj jad.
Ljublju ja ljubov'ju bezbrežnoju,
  Nežnoju,
Kak smert' beznadežnoju;
Ljublju moju grezu prekrasnuju,
Princessu moju svetlookuju,
Mečtu doroguju, nejasnuju,
  Dalekuju.

Iz carstva videnij sletaja,
Lazurnym ognem zalitaja,
Nischodit na zemlju ona,
Vsja skazočnoj tajny polna,
  I slezy
  I grezy
Tak divno darit mne ona.
Ljublju - i otveta ne ždu ja,
Ljublju - i ne ždu poceluja.
Ved' v žizni odna krasota -
Mečta, dorogaja mečta;
  I sladkoj
  Zagadkoj
Teper' moja žizn' ob"jata.
Ljublju ja ljubov'ju bezbrežnoju,
  Nežnoju,
Kak smert' beznadežnoju;
Ljublju moju grezu prekrasnuju,
Princessu moju svetlookuju,
Mečtu doroguju, nejasnuju,
  Dalekuju!..

Iz mira videnij sletaja,
Lazurnym ognem zalitaja,
Nischodit na zemlju ona,
Vsja skazočnoj tajny polna,
  I slezy
  I grezy
Tak divno darit mne ona.
Ljublju - i otveta ne ždu ja,
Ljublju - i ne ždu poceluja:
Ved' v žizni odna krasota
Mečta, dorogaja mečta;
  I sladkoj
  Zagadkoj
Teper' moja žizn' ob"jata.
Ljublju ja ljubov'ju bezbrežnoju,
  Nežnoju,
Kak smert' beznadežnoju,
Ljublju moju grezu prekrasnuju,
Princessu moju svetlookuju,
Mečtu doroguju, nejasnuju,
Dalekuju!...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Tat'yana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874 - 1952), no title, appears in Принцесса Греза. Пьеса в четырех действиях в стихах [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 Grigory Alekseyevich Alchevsky (1866 - 1920), "Любовь - это сон упоительный" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-26
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