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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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: 146