by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Ya ne mogu ni proiznest`
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ya ne mogu ni proiznest`, Ni napisat` tvoyo nazvan`e: Dlya serdcza tajnoe stradan`e V ego znakomy'x zvukax est`; Sudi zh, kak tyazhko e`to slovo Mne usly'xat` v ustax drugogo. Kakoe pravo im dano Shutit` svyaty'neyu moeyu? Kogda kosnut`sya ya ne smeyu, Uzheli im pozvolenó? Kak ya, uzhel` oni iskali Svoj raj v tebe odnoj? — edva li! Ni pered kem ya ne sklonyal Eshhyo poslushnogo kolena, — To gordosti by'la b izmena, A ej lish` robkij izmenyal; I ne poniknu ya glavoyu, Xotya b to by'lo pred sud`boyu! No esli ty' pered lyud`mi Prikazhesh` mne unizit` dushu, YA klyatvy' yunosti narushu, Vse klyatvy', krome klyatv lyubvi. Puskaj im skazhut, dorogaya, Chto e`to sdelal dlya tebya ya! Uly'bku ya tvoyu vidal, Ona mne serdce vosxishhala, I ej, tak dumal ya snachala, Podobnoj net — no ya ne znal, Chto ochi, polny'e slezami, Ravny' krasoyu s nebesami. YA videl ix! i by'l vpolne Schastliv — poka sleza katilas`, V nej iskra bozhestva xranilas`, Ona prinadlezhala mne. Tak! vsyo prekrasnoe, svyatoe V tebe — mne bol`she chem rodnoe. Kogda b miry' u nashix nog Blagoslovlyali nashu volyu, YA e`tu czarstvennuyu dolyu Nazvat` by' schastiem ne mog, Emu strashny' molvy' suzhden`ya, Ono czvetok uedinen`ya. Ty' pomnish` vecher i lunu, Kogda v besedke odinokoj Sidel ya s dumoyu glubokoj, Vziraya na tebya odnu... Kak mne mila tex dnej bespechnost`! Za vecher tot ya b né vzyal vechnost`. Tak za nichtozhny'j talisman, Ot groba Magometa vzyaty'j, Fakiru dajte zhemchug, zlato[2] I vse bogatstva chuzhdy'x stran, — Zakonu strogomu poslushny'j, On ix otvergnet ravnodushno!
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Стансы к Д ***", written 1831 [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 Andrey Aleksandrovich Bobrinsky (1823 - 1903), "Стансы" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mariya Vasilyevna Vorontsova , "Стансы" [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-05-09
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Word count: 257