by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813 - 1877)
Moj drug, tebe chotel by ja
Language: Russian (Русский)
Moj drug, tebe chotel by ja Skazat', čto dušu mučit; JA znaju, ispoved' moja Tebe ved' ne naskučit. Da tol'ko liš' skazat' choču, Kak vdrug v lice ja vspychnu, Zajmetsja duch, i ja molču I golovoj poniknu. A vse by ja [skazal tebe]1: Ljublju il' nenavižu, Kak ja ne veruju [sud'be]2, Kak malo v žizni vižu; Da stydno žalovat'sja mne, A v tom, čto kak-to čudno Živet v duševnoj glubine, Mne vyskazat'sja trudno.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Bulakhov: "хотел сказать"
2 Bulakhov: "судьбу"
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Authorship:
- by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813 - 1877), "Исповедь", written 1842 [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 Ivan Ivanovich Bilibin (1818 - 1892), "Исповедь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Признание" [sung text checked 1 time]
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