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by V. Maksheyeva

Skazhi, o chyom ty' umolyaesh`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Skazhi, o chyom ty' umolyaesh`,
Kogda mechtatel`no grustna?
Ty' vzor uny'ly'j ustremlyaesh`
Tuda, gde svetitsya luna.

I s gost`ej chistogo e`fira
Delya zavetny'e mechty',
Ty' vdal` unosish`sya ot mira
V kraya duxovnoj krasoty'.

Skazhi, o chyom tvoe mechtan`e
Vsegda v polunochnoj tishi?
Ono tvoj raj ili terzan`e,
Toska il` radost` dlya dushi?

Skazhi, sry'vaesh` li ty' rozy'?
Polna l` otrady' zhizn` tvoya?
Il` tvoj udel odni lish` slyozy'
Nad gor`koj chashej by'tiya?

Skazhi, ne sumrak li neschast`ya
Tumanit vzor tvoj ognevoj?
Il` ty' ne veruesh` v uchast`e
I grust` taish` v sebe samoj?

Togda molchi, molchi ty', deva,
Svyashhenny'x tajn ne otkry'vaj
I tol`ko strojnost`yu napeva
Muchen`e serdcza uslazhdaj.

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Text Authorship:

  • by V. Maksheyeva  [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 Nikolai Petrovich Devitte (1811 - 1844), "Скажи, о чём ты умоляешь" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 109

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