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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

O, zhenshchina, ditja, privyksheje igrat'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
O, zhenshchina, ditja, privyksheje igrat'
I vzorom nezhnykh glaz, i laskoj poceluja,
Ja dolzhen by tebja vsem serdcem prezirat',
A ja tebja ljublju, volnujas' i toskuja!
Ljublju i rvus' k tebe, proshchaju i ljublju,
Zhivu odnoj toboj v moikh terzan'jakh strastnykh,
Dlja prikhoti tvojej ja dushu pogublju,
Vsjo, vsjo voz'mi sebe — za vzgljad ochej prekrasnykh,
Za slovo lzhivoje, chto istiny nezhnej,
Za sladkuju tosku vostorzhennykh muchenij!
Ty, more strannykh snov, i zvukov, i ognej!
Ty, drug i vechnyj vrag! Zloj dukh i dobryj genij!

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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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