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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Alter ego
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Kak lileya glyaditsya v nagorny'j ruchej,
Ty' stoyala nad pervoyu pesnej moej,
I by'la li pri e`tom pobeda, i ch`ya,
U ruch`ya l` ot czvetka, u czvetka l` ot ruch`ya?

Ty' dushoyu mladencheskoj vsyo ponyala,
Chtó mne vy'skazat` tajnaya sila dala,
I xot` zhizn` bez tebya suzhdeno mne vlachit`,
No my' vmeste s toboj, nas nel`zya razluchit`.

Ta trava, chto vdali na mogile tvoej,
Zdes` na serdce, chem stare ono, tem svezhej,
I ya znayu, vzglyanuvshi na zvyozdy' poroj,
Chto vzirali na nix my' kak bogi s toboj.

U lyubvi est` slova, te slova ne umrut.
Nas s toboj ozhidaet osobenny'j sud;
On sumeet nas srazu v tolpe razlichit`,
I my' vmeste pridyom, nas nel`zya razluchit`!

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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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 116

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