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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Pust' tot, ch'ja chest' ne bez ukora
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Pust' tot, ch'ja chest' ne bez ukora,
Strashitsja mnenija ljudej;
Pust' ishchet shatkoj on opory
V rukopleskanijakh druzej!
No kto v samom sebe uveren,
Togo khuly ne potrjasut —
Jego glagol nelicemeren,
Jemu chuzhoj ne nuzhen sud.

Ni pred kakoj zemnoju vlast'ju
Svojej on mysli ne tait,
Ne l'stit nepravomu pristrast'ju,
Vrazhde nepravoj ne kadit;
Ni pred venchannymi carjami,
Ni pred sudilishchem molvy
On ne torgujetsja slovami,
Ne klonit rabski golovy.

Druz'jam v ugodnost', bojazlivo
On nikomu ne shljot ukor;
Kogda zh tolpa nespravedlivo
Svoj postanovit prigovor,
Odin, ne sleduja za neju,
Pred tem, chto chisto i svetlo,
Derzajet on, blagogoveja,
Sklonit' svobodnoje chelo!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1859 [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 Aleksandra Dormidontovna Kochetova (1833 - 1902), "Пусть тот, чья честь не без укора" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 104

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