by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Xot` begut po strunam moim zvuki vesel`ya
Language: Russian (Русский)
Xot` begut po strunam moim zvuki vesel`ya, Oni ne ot serdcza begut, No v serdce razbitom est` tajnaya kel`ya, Gde cherny'e my'sli zhivut. Sleza po shheke ognevaya katítsya, Ona ne iz serdcza idet. Chtó v serdce, obmanutom zhizn`yu, xranitsya, To v nem i umret. Ne smejte iskat` v sej grudi sozhalen`ya, Pitomcy' nadezhd zoloty'x. Kogda ya svoi prezirayu muchen`ya, — Chtó mne do stradanij chuzhix? Umershej devicy' ochej oxladevshix Ne dolzhen moj vzor uvidat`. YA b mnogo pripomnil minut proletevshix, A ya ne lyublyu vspominat`! Nam pamyat` yavlyaet uzhasny'e teni, Krovavy'j by'logo prizrák, On vnov` prizy'vaet k ostavlennoj seni, Kak v buryu nad morem mayak, Kogda uragan po volnam veselitsya, Smeetsya nad bedny'm chelnom I s krikom plovecz, bez nadezhd vorotit`sya, Zhaleet o krae rodnom.
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Confirmed with М. Ю. Лермонтов, Полное собрание стихотворений в 2 томах, Л.: Советский писатель. Ленинградское отделение, 1989, Т. 1. Стихотворения и драмы 1828-1836, page 185.
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- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Романс", written 1830/1831 [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), "Свидание" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Likharev (1804 - 1867), "Романс" [sung text not yet checked]
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