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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Opjat', opjat' ja videl vzor tvoj milyj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Opjat', opjat' ja videl vzor tvoj milyj,
‎‎      Ja govoril s toboj.
I mne byloje, vzjatoje mogiloj,
‎‎      Napomnil golos tvoj –
K chemu? – drugoj lobzajet `eti ochi
‎‎      I ruku zhmet tvoju!
Drugomu golos tvoj vo mrake nochi
‎‎      Tverdit: ljublju! ljublju!

Otkrojsja mne: uzheli nepritvorny
‎‎      Lobzanija tvoi?
Oni pravam supruzhestva pokorny,
‎‎      No ne pravam ljubvi;
On dlja tebja ne sozdan; ty rodilas'
‎‎      Dlja plamennykh strastej.
Otdav jemu sebja, ty ne sprosilas'
‎‎      U sovesti svojej.

On chuvstvoval li trepet potajennyj
‎‎      V prisutstvii tvojem;
Umel li prezirat' on mir prezrennyj,
‎‎      Chtob myslit' ob odnom;
Vstrechal li on s molchan'em i slezami
‎‎      Privet kholodnyj tvoj,
I luchshimi l' on zhertvoval godami
‎‎      Mgnovenijam s toboj? –

Net! ja uveren, tvojego… blazhenstva
‎‎      Ne mozhet sdelat' tot,
Kto krasoty naruzhnoj sovershenstva
‎‎      Odni v tebe najdet.
Tak! ty jego ne ljubish'… tajnoj vlast'ju
‎‎      Prikovana ty vnov'
K dushe pechal'noj, neznakomoj schast'ju,
‎      No nezhnoj kak ljubov'.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title [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 Vladimir Mitrofanovich Ivanov-Korsunsky (1891 - 1942), "Опять, опять я видел взор твой" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-10
Line count: 32
Word count: 163

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