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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Veneciya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
1
Poverxnost`yu morej otrazhena,
Bogataya Veneciya pochila,
Sy'roj tuman dy'milsya, i luna
Vy'sokie tverdy'ni osrebrila.
Chut` viden beg dalekogo vetrila,
Studenaya vechernyaya volna
Edva shumit pod veslami gondoly'
I povtoryaet zvuki barkaroly'.

2
Mne chuditsya, chto e`to nochi ston,
Kak my', svoim pokoem nedovol`noj,
No snova pesn`! i vnov` gitary' zvon!
O bojtesya, muzh`ya, sej pesni vol`noj.
Sovetuyu, xotya mne e`to bol`no,
Ne vy'puskat` krasavicz vashix zhen;
No esli vy' v sej mig neverny' sami,
Togda, druz`ya! da budet mir mezh vami!

3
I mir s toboj, prekrasny'j chichizbej,
I mir s toboj, lukavaya Melina.
Nesitesya po prixoti morej,
Lyubov` neredko berezhet puchina;
Xot` i nad morem czarstvuet sud`bina,
Gonitel` vechny'j schastlivy'x lyudej,
No talisman pusty'nnogo lobzan`ya
Uvodit serdcza temny'e mechtan`ya.

4
Ruka s rukoj, svobodu dav ocham,
Sidyat v lad`e i shepchut mezh soboyu;
Ona vveryaet mesyachny'm lucham
Mladuyu grud` s plenitel`noj rukoyu,
Ukry'ty'e dosel` pod epanchoyu,
Chtob yunoshu sil`nej prizhat` k ustam;
Mezh tem vdali, to grustny'j, to vesely'j,
Razdalsya zvuk oby'chnoj barkaroly':

Kak v dal`nem more veterok,
Svoboden vechno moj chelnok;
Kak rechki by'stroe ruslo,
Ne ustaet moe veslo.

Gondola po vode skol`zit,
A vremya po lyubvi letit;
Opyat` sravnyaetsya voda,
Strast` ne voskresnet nikogda.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Венеция", written 1830/1831 [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 Sergey Vladimirovich Protopopov (1883 - 1954), "Венеция" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-23
Line count: 44
Word count: 198

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