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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Lorenzo
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Slava bogu, den'gi jest'
Shljapu na brovi nadvinu,
Plashch shirokij perekinu
Chrez plecho... vojdu ja v chest'.

Vstretit knjaz' menja s pochten'em,
I poklonitsja abbat,
I markizy s priglashen'em
Mne navstrechu poletjat.

Ja vysok, krasiv i lovok...
Rech' - serebrjanaja nit';
Znaju tajnu vsekh ulovok
Serdce zhenshchiny draznit'.

V buduar blagoukhannyj
V noch' prokradus' ja tajkom...
Potoskujet serdce Nainy,
Znaju ja... da chto zh mne v tom?

Den'gi vyjdut... chto zh za delo?
Molotok voz'mu ja svoj,
Budu sech' ja mramor belyj
U skul'ptora v masterskoj.

A naskuchit - povaljusja
Ja na paperti cerkvej
I kalekoj pritvorjusja,
Mol, urodec s detskikh dnej!

Stydno, chto l'? Puskaj penjajut,
Chto kazny ne klal pod spud!..
A markizy?.. Ne uznajut!
A uznajut - proch' pojdut.

Chto mne v nikh? Vsegda ot Nanny,
Bud' v chesti l', v lokhmot'e l' ja,
Ja uslyshu: "Drug zhelannyj,
Gost' moj milyj, ja tvoja!"

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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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