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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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 90

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