by Dmitri Timofeyevich Lensky (1805 - 1860)
Vospominanie o Varlamove
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ax! Davno l`, dusha-solovushko, Ty' nam pesni raspeval, A teper` ponik golovushkoj I naveki zamolchal!.. Mnogo v pesnyax by'lo sladosti U solovushki-pevcza; Malo v zhizni znal on radosti Do poslednego koncza... Zhizn` ego by'la b prekrasnoyu, Esli b zhil on, a ne pel, No s dushoyu py'lkoj, strastnoyu Kto schastlivy'm by't` umel!.. On stradal toskoj bezvestnoyu V tajne serdcza svoego, Melanxoliej chudesnoyu Dy'shat pesni vse ego!.. Zauny'vny'e, plachevny'e, Budto zvuki s nebesi – E`ti pesni zadushevny'e Ne umolknut na Rusi!
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- by Dmitri Timofeyevich Lensky (1805 - 1860) [author's text not yet checked 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 Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov (1803 - 1858), "Воспоминание о Варламове" [sung text checked 1 time]
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