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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)

Bezum'e — i blagorazum'e
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Bezum'e — i blagorazum'e,
Pozor — i čest',
Vsë, čto navodit na razdum'e,
Vsë sliškom est' —

Vo mne. — Vse katoržnye strasti
Svilis' v odnu! —
Tak v volosach moich — vse masti
Vedut vojnu!

JA znaju ves' ljubovnyj šëpot,
— Ach, naizust'! —
— Moj dvadcatidvuchletnij opyt —
Splošnaja grust'!

No oblik moj — nevinno rozov,
— Čto ni skaži! —
JA virtuoz iz virtuozov
V iskusstve lži.

V nej, zapuskaemoj kak mjačik
— Lovimyj vnov'! —
Moich prababušek-poljaček
Skazalas' krov'.

Lgu ottogo, čto po kladbíščam
Trava rastët,
Lgu ottogo, čto po kladbíščam
Metel' metët…

Ot skripki — ot avtomobilja —
Šelkov, ognja…
Ot pytki, čto ne vse ljubili
Odnu menja!

Ot boli, čto ne ja — nevesta
U ženicha…
Ot žesta i sticha — dlja žesta
I dlja sticha!

Ot nežnogo boa na šee…
I kak mogu
Ne lgat', — raz golos moj nežnee, —
Kogda ja lgu…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), no title, written 1915 [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 Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Безумье - и благоразумье" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-14
Line count: 36
Word count: 151

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