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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Venecija
Language: Russian (Русский) 
1
Poverkhnost'ju morej otrazhena,
Bogataja Venecija pochila,
Syroj tuman dymilsja, i luna
Vysokije tverdyni osrebrila.
Chut' viden beg dalekogo vetrila,
Studenaja vechernjaja volna
Jedva shumit pod veslami gondoly
I povtorjajet zvuki barkaroly.

2
Mne chuditsja, chto `eto nochi ston,
Kak my, svoim pokojem nedovol'noj,
No snova pesn'! i vnov' gitary zvon!
O bojtesja, muzh'ja, sej pesni vol'noj.
Sovetuju, khotja mne `eto bol'no,
Ne vypuskat' krasavic vashikh zhen;
No jesli vy v sej mig neverny sami,
Togda, druz'ja! da budet mir mezh vami!

3
I mir s toboj, prekrasnyj chichizbej,
I mir s toboj, lukavaja Melina.
Nesitesja po prikhoti morej,
Ljubov' neredko berezhet puchina;
Khot' i nad morem carstvujet sud'bina,
Gonitel' vechnyj schastlivykh ljudej,
No talisman pustynnogo lobzan'ja
Uvodit serdca temnye mechtan'ja.

4
Ruka s rukoj, svobodu dav ocham,
Sidjat v lad'e i shepchut mezh soboju;
Ona vverjajet mesjachnym lucham
Mladuju grud' s plenitel'noj rukoju,
Ukrytye dosel' pod jepanchoju,
Chtob junoshu sil'nej prizhat' k ustam;
Mezh tem vdali, to grustnyj, to veselyj,
Razdalsja zvuk obychnoj barkaroly:

Kak v dal'nem more veterok,
Svoboden vechno moj chelnok;
Kak rechki bystroje ruslo,
Ne ustajet moje veslo.

Gondola po vode skol'zit,
A vremja po ljubvi letit;
Opjat' sravnjajetsja 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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