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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Bud` so mnoyu, kak prezhde by'vala
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Bud` so mnoyu, kak prezhde by'vala;
   O, skazhi mne xot` slovo odno;
Chtob dusha v e`tom slove sy'skala,
   Chto xotelos` ej sly'shat` davno;

Esli iskra nadezhdy' xranitsya
   V moem serdce - ona ozhivet;
Esli mozhet sleza poyavit`sya
   V ochax - to ona upadet.

Est` slova - ob``yasnit` ne mogu ya,
   Otchego u nix vlast` nado mnoj;
Ix usly'shav, opyat` ozhivu ya,
   No ot nix ne voskresnet drugoj;

O, pover` mne, xolodnoe slovo
   Usta oskvernyaet tvoi,
Kak listki u czvetka molodogo
   Yadovitoe zhalo zmei!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "К ***" [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 Zakharovich Burshtein (1907 - 1966), "Будь со мной, как прежде бывало" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Будь со мною как прежде бывала", op. 33 no. 6 (1885-1886), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: Bessel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

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