by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)
Alter ego
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kak lileja gljaditsja v nagornyj ručej, Ty stojala nad pervoju pesnej moej, I byla li pri ėtom pobeda, i č'ja, U ruč'ja l' ot cvetka, u cvetka l' ot ruč'ja? Ty dušoju mladenčeskoj vsë ponjala, Čtó mne vyskazat' tajnaja sila dala, I chot' žizn' bez tebja suždeno mne vlačit', No my vmeste s toboj, nas nel'zja razlučit'. Ta trava, čto vdali na mogile tvoej, Zdes' na serdce, čem stare ono, tem svežej, I ja znaju, vzgljanuvši na zvëzdy poroj, Čto vzirali na nich my kak bogi s toboj. U ljubvi est' slova, te slova ne umrut. Nas s toboj ožidaet osobennyj sud; On sumeet nas srazu v tolpe različit', I my vmeste pridëm, nas nel'zja razlučit'!
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Text Authorship:
- by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Alter ego", written 1878, appears in Вечерние огни (Vechernije ogni), in Элегии и думы (Elegii i dumy) [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 Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Alter ego" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov (1849 - 1927), "Alter ego" [sung text checked 1 time]
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