by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Tamara
Language: Russian (Русский)
V glubokoj tesnine Dar'jala, Gde rojetsja Terek vo mgle, Starinnaja bashnja stojala, Cherneja na chjornoj skale. V toj bashne vysokoj i tesnoj Carica Tamara zhila: Prekrasna, kak angel nebesnyj, Kak demon, kovarna i zla. I tam skvoz' tuman polunochi Blistal ogonjok zolotoj, Kidalsja on putniku v ochi, Manil on na otdykh nochnoj. I slyshalsja golos Tamary: On ves' byl zhelan'e i strast', V njom byli vsesil'nye chary, Byla neponjatnaja vlast'. Na golos nevidimoj peri Shjol voin, kupec i pastukh; Pred nim otvorjalisja dveri, Vstrechal jego mrachnyj jevnúkh. Na mjagkoj pukhovoj posteli, V parchu i zhemchúg ubrana, Zhdala ona gostja... Shipeli Pred neju dva kubka vina. Spletalis' gorjachije ruki, Usta prilipali k ustam, I strannye, dikije zvuki Vsju noch' razdavalisja tam: Kak budto v tu bashnju pustuju Sto junoshej pylkikh i zhjon Soshlisja na svad'bu nochnuju, Na triznu bol'shikh pokhoron. No tol'ko chto utra sijan'e Kidalo svoj luch po goram, Mgnovenno i mrak i molchan'e Opjat' vocarjalisja tam. Lish' Terek v tesnine Dar'jala, Gremja, narushal tishinu, Volna na volnu nabegala, Volna pogonjala volnu. I s plachem bezglasnoje telo Speshili oni unesti. V okne togda chto-to belelo, Zvuchalo ottuda: prosti. I bylo tak nezhno proshchan'e, Tak sladko tot golos zvuchal, Kak budto vostorgi svidan'ja I laski ljubvi obeshchal.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Тамара", written 1841 [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 Varvara Adrianovna Gaygerova (1903 - 1944), "Тамара" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Mitrofanovich Ivanov-Korsunsky (1891 - 1942), "Тамара" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov (1841 - 1891), "Тамара" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Тамара", op. 26 (Две баллады (Dve ballady) = Two ballads) no. 2, published 1877 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
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