by Nikolai Petrovich Devitte (1811 - 1844)

Gde ty, dushi mojej otrada
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Gde ty, dushi mojej otrada?
S ulybkoj strastnoj na ustakh?
Gde ty, ljubvi mojej nagrada,
Zhivushchaja v moikh mechtakh?
Gde ty, dlja kojej net nazvan'ja,
No pervyj dlja dushi predmet,
V kotoroj zrju ja cel' zhelan'ja
I vsej nadezhdy miloj svet.

Pridi, o angel moj khranitel',
V tainstvennyj polnochi chas
Stradal'ca posetit' obitel',
Gde luch veselija ugas.
Tvojeju laskoj, razgovorom
Ne smejet on sebja pitat',
Utesh' jego khotja by vzorom -
Ne budet bol'she on stradat'.

No, akh! Votshche! Uzhe ob"emlet
Menja spokojnyj sladkij son:
Moj drug stradaniju ne vnemlet,
Uvy, ne slyshit serdca ston,
Slijannyj s gorest'ju, s smushchen'em
Skazhi mne, angel krasoty,
Kogda otradnym poseshchen'em
Vljubljonnogo uteshish' ty?

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