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by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Ja ne skorblju, čto moj zemnoj udel
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
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Ja ne skorblju, čto moj zemnoj udel
Zemnogo malo znal samozabven'ja,
Čto son ljubvi davnišnej otletel
Pered vraždoj edinogo mgnoven'ja.
Skorblju ja ne o tom, čto v bleske dnja
Menja sčastlivej niščij i ubogij,
No čto žaleeš' ty, moj drug, menja.
Iduščego pustynnoju dorogoj.

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  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Aleksandr Abramovich Kreyn (1883 - 1951), "Я не скорблю", op. 20 no. 4 (1915), published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Во дни скорби (Vo dni skorbi) = In the Days of Mourning, no. 4, Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "Я не скорблю", op. 87 no. 9 (1908), published 1956 [ voice and piano ], from За многие годы, сборник романсов и песен на слова разных авторов (Za mnogije gody) = From Many Years, no. 9, Muzgiz [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-24
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