Ditja, ne sprashivaj s toskoju, zachem ja plachu, otchego ne v silakh ja pered toboju skazat' priznan'ja mojego. Chto slovo? — Mertvoje mgnoven'e, nemykh predchuvstvij smutnyj sled, ustalyj otblesk, otrazhen'e… V slovakh ni lzhi, ni pravdy net. V slovakh — lish' teni i mercan'ja nevyrazimykh, tajnykh snov. Ditja, u schast'ja net priznan'ja, i dlja molitv ne nado slov. Dusha v chasy blazhennoj muki tait sokrovishcha svoi, i v nej slivajutsja vse zvuki v odno molchanije ljubvi. I serdce, slov ne znaja vechnykh, ne vydajet jee chudes. Jest' glubina u dum serdechnykh, 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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georgy Konstantinovich Pakhiopulo (b. 1872), "Дитя, не спрашивай" [sung text not yet checked]
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