by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Arfa
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kogda zeljonyj djorn moj skrojet prakh, Kogda, prostjas' s nedolgim bytijom, Ja budu tol'ko zvuk v tvoikh ustakh, Lish' ten' v voobrazhenii tvojom; Kogda druz'ja mladye na pirakh Menja ne stanut pominat' vinom, Togda voz'mi prostuju arfu ty, Ona byla moj drug i drug mechty. Poves' jejo v domu protiv okna, Chtob veter oseni igral nad nej, I chtob jemu otvetila ona Khot' otgoloskom pesen proshlykh dnej; No ne prosnetsja zvonkaja struna Pod belosnezhnoju rukoj tvojej, Zatem chto tot, kto pel tvoju ljubov', Uzh budet spat', chtob ne prosnut'sja 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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