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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Истомил меня жизни безрадостный сон
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Истомил меня жизни безрадостный сон,
Ненавистна мне память былого,
Я в прошедшем моем, как в тюрьме, заключен
Под надзором тюремщика злого.

Захочу ли уйти, захочу ли шагнуть, -
Роковая стена не пускает,
Лишь оковы звучат, да сжимается грудь,
Да бессонная совесть терзает.

Но под взглядом твоим распадается цепь,
И я весь освещаюсь тобою,
Как цветами нежданно одетая степь,
Как туман, серебримый луною…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), 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 Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "Истомил меня жизни безрадостный сон", op. 27 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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