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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Lorenzo
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Slava bogu, den`gi est`
Shlyapu na brovi nadvinu,
Plashh shirokij perekinu
Chrez plecho... vojdu ya v chest`.

Vstretit knyaz` menya s pochten`em,
I poklonitsya abbat,
I markizy' s priglashen`em
Mne navstrechu poletyat.

YA vy'sok, krasiv i lovok...
Rech` - serebryanaya nit`;
Znayu tajnu vsex ulovok
Serdce zhenshhiny' draznit`.

V buduar blagouxanny'j
V noch` prokradus` ya tajkom...
Potoskuet serdce Nainy',
Znayu ya... da chto zh mne v tom?

Den`gi vy'jdut... chto zh za delo?
Molotok voz`mu ya svoj,
Budu sech` ya mramor bely'j
U skul`ptora v masterskoj.

A naskuchit - povalyusya
YA na paperti cerkvej
I kalekoj pritvoryusya,
Mol, urodecz s detskix dnej!

Sty'dno, chto l`? Puskaj penyayut,
Chto kazny' ne klal pod spud!..
A markizy'?.. Ne uznayut!
A uznayut - proch` pojdut.

Chto mne v nix? Vsegda ot Nanny',
Bud` v chesti l`, v loxmot`e l` ya,
YA usly'shu: "Drug zhelanny'j,
Gost` moj mily'j, ya tvoya!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Lorenzo", written 1845, appears in Очерки Рима (Ocherki Rima) = Sketches of Rome [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 Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Lorenzo", subtitle: "Тарантелла", op. 35 no. 4 (1880), published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Четыре романса. Стихотворения из Очерков Рима А. Майкова (Chetyre romansa. Stikhotvorenija iz Ocherkov Rima A. Majkova), no. 4, St. Petersburg: A. Büttner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-17
Line count: 32
Word count: 143

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