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by Stepan Gavrilovich Petrov (1869 - 1941), as Skitalets

Кузнец
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Некрасива песнь моя —
Знаю я!
Не похож я на певца —
Я похож на кузнеца.
Я для кузницы рожден,
Я — силен!

Пышет горн в груди моей
Не слова, а угли в ней!
Песню молотом кую,
Раздувает песнь мою
Грусть моя!
В искрах я!

Я хотел бы вас любить,
Но не в силах нежным быть:
Нет — я груб!
Ласки сумрачны мои:
Не идут слова любви
С жарких губ.

Кто-то в сердце шепчет мне:
«Слишком прям ты и суров —
Не скуешь ты нежных слов
На огне!

Лучше молот кузнеца
Подними в руке твоей
И в железные сердца —
Бей!»

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Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

  • by Stepan Gavrilovich Petrov (1869 - 1941), as Skitalets, "Кузнец", written 1901 [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Кузнец" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Feodor Könemann (1873 - 1937), "Кузнец" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Кузнец", op. 23 no. 5, published [1908] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-23
Line count: 26
Word count: 101

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