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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

О, женщина, дитя, привыкшее играть
Language: Russian (Русский) 
О, женщина, дитя, привыкшее играть
И взором нежных глаз, и лаской поцелуя,
Я должен бы тебя всем сердцем презирать,
А я тебя люблю, волнуясь и тоскуя!
Люблю и рвусь к тебе, прощаю и люблю,
Живу одной тобой в моих терзаньях страстных,
Для прихоти твоей я душу погублю,
Всё, всё возьми себе — за взгляд очей прекрасных,
За слово лживое, что истины нежней,
За сладкую тоску восторженных мучений!
Ты, море странных снов, и звуков, и огней!
Ты, друг и вечный враг! Злой дух и добрый гений!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in Под северным небом : Элегии, стансы, сонеты (Pod severnym nebom : Elegii, stansy, sonety), no. 38 [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), "О, женщина, дитя, привыкшая играть" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

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