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]
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Word count: 143