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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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]
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