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by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945)

Боль
Language: Russian (Русский) 
«Красным углём [тьму]1 черчу, 
Колким жалом плоть лижу, 
Туго, туго жгут кручу, 
Гну, ломаю и вяжу. 

       Шнурочком ссучу, 
       Стяну и смочу. 
       Игрой разбужу, 
       Иглой пронижу.  

И я такая добрая, 
Влюблюсь — так присосусь. 
Как ласковая кобра, я, 
Ласкаясь, обовьюсь.  

       И опять сожму, сомну, 
       Винт медлительно ввинчу, 
       Буду грызть, пока хочу. 
       Я верна — не обману.  

Ты устал — я отдохну, 
Отойду и подожду. 
Я верна, любовь верну, 
Я опять к тебе приду, 
Я играть с тобой хочу, 
Красным углем зачерчу...» 

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1 Myaskovsky: "боль"; further changes may exist not shown above.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945), written 1906 [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 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "Боль", op. 16 no. 2 (1913-1914), published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Предчувствия, 6 набросков на слова З.Гиппиус для голоса с ф-но (Predchuvstvija) = Premonitions, no. 2, Moscow, P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-16
Line count: 22
Word count: 81

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