Ditja, ne sprašivaj s toskoju, začem ja plaču, otčego ne v silach ja pered toboju skazat' priznan'ja moego. Čto slovo? — Mertvoe mgnoven'e, nemych predčuvstvij smutnyj sled, ustalyj otblesk, otražen'e… V slovach ni lži, ni pravdy net. V slovach — liš' teni i mercan'ja nevyrazimych, tajnych snov. Ditja, u sčast'ja net priznan'ja, i dlja molitv ne nado slov. Duša v časy blažennoj muki tait sokrovišča svoi, i v nej slivajutsja vse zvuki v odno molčanie ljubvi. I serdce, slov ne znaja večnych, ne vydaet ee čudes. Est' glubina u dum serdečnych, bezmolvnaja kak svod nebes.
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- by Sergey Konstantinovich Makovsky (1877 - 1962), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Georgy Konstantinovich Pakhiopulo (b. 1872), "Дитя, не спрашивай" [sung text not yet checked]
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