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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Ne ver` sebe
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ne ver`, ne ver` sebe, mechtatel` molodoj,
‎  Kak yazvy', bojsya vdoxnoven`ya...
Ono — tyazhely'j bred dushi tvoej bol`noj
‎  Il` plennoj my'sli razdrazhen`e.
V nyom priznaka nebes naprasno ne ishhi:
‎  To krov` kipit, to sil izby'tok!
Skoree zhizn` svoyu v zabotax istoshhi,
‎  Razlej otravlenny'j napitok!

Sluchitsya li tebe v zavetny'j, chudny'j mig
  ‎Otry't` v dushe, davno bezmolvnoj,
Eshhyo nevedomy'j i devstvenny'j rodnik,
  ‎Prosty'x i sladkix zvukov polny'j, —
Ne vslushivajsya v nix, ne predavajsya im,
  ‎Nabros` na nix pokrov zabven`ya:
Stixom razmerenny'm i slovom ledyany'm
  ‎Ne peredash` ty' ix znachen`ya.

Zakrádetsya l` pechal` v tajnik dushi tvoej,
‎  Zajdyot li strast` s grozoj i v`yugoj —
Ne vy'xodi togda na shumny'j pir lyudej
‎  S svoeyu beshenoj podrugoj;
Ne unizhaj sebya. Sty'disya torgovat`
‎  To gnevom, to toskoj poslushnoj
I gnoj dushevny'x ran nadmenno vy'stavlyat`
‎  Na divo cherni prostodushnoj.

Kakoe delo nam, stradal ty' ili net?
‎  Na chtó nam znat` tvoi volnen`ya,
Nadezhdy' glupy'e pervonachal`ny'x let,
‎  Rassudka zly'e sozhalen`ya?
Vzglyani: pered toboj igrayuchi idyot
‎  Tolpa dorogoyu privy'chnoj,
Na liczax prazdnichny'x chut` viden sled zabot,
‎  Slezy' ne vstretish` neprilichnoj.

A mezhdu tem iz nix edva li est` odin,
‎  Tyazhyoloj py'tkoj ne izmyaty'j,
Do prezhdevremenny'x dobravshijsya morshhin
‎  Bez prestuplen`ya il` utraty'!..
Pover`: dlya nix smeshon tvoj plach i tvoj ukor,
‎  S svoim napevom zauchyonny'm,
Kak razrumyanenny'j tragicheskij aktyor,
‎  Maxayushhij mechom kartonny'm...

Confirmed with М. Ю. Лермонтов, Полное собрание стихотворений в 2 томах, Л.: Советский писатель. Ленинградское отделение, 1989, Т. 2, Стихотворения и поэмы. 1837—1841, page 32. The poem has the following epigraph by A. Barbier at the top:

Que nous font aprés tout les vulgaires ‎abois
‎De tous ces charlatans, qui donnent de ‎la voix,
‎Les marchands de pathos et les faiseurs ‎d’emphase
‎Et tous les baladins qui dansent sur ‎la phrase?


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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Не верь себе", written 1839 [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 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli (1869 - 1916), "Не верь себе" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-12
Line count: 40
Word count: 231

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