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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Odinochestvo
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Kak strashno zhizni sej okovy
Nam v odinochestve vlachit'.
Delit' vesel'e — vse gotovy:
Nikto ne khochet grust' delit'.

Odin ja zdes', kak car' vozdushnyj,
Stradan'ja v serdce stesneny,
I vizhu, kak sud'be poslushno,
Goda ukhodjat, budto sny;

I vnov' prikhodjat, s pozlashchennoj,
No toj zhe staroju mechtoj,
I vizhu grob ujedinennyj,
On zhdjot; chto zh medlit' nad zemlej?

Nikto o tom ne pokrushitsja,
I budut (ja uveren v tom)
O smerti bol'she veselit'sja,
Chem o rozhdenii mojom...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Одиночество" [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 Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (1884 - 1949), "Одиночество" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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