by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Arfa
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kogda zelyony'j dyorn moj skroet prax, Kogda, prostyas` s nedolgim by'tiyom, YA budu tol`ko zvuk v tvoix ustax, Lish` ten` v voobrazhenii tvoyom; Kogda druz`ya mlady'e na pirax Menya ne stanut pominat` vinom, Togda voz`mi prostuyu arfu ty', Ona by'la moj drug i drug mechty'. Poves` eyo v domu protiv okna, Chtob veter oseni igral nad nej, I chtob emu otvetila ona Xot` otgoloskom pesen proshly'x dnej; No ne prosnetsya zvonkaya struna Pod belosnezhnoyu rukoj tvoej, Zatem chto tot, kto pel tvoyu lyubov`, Uzh budet spat`, chtob ne prosnut`sya vnov`.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Арфа" [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 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872 - 1956), "Арфа" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julia Weissberg (1878 - 1942), "Арфа" [sung text not yet checked]
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