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by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)

Ne dumala li ty', chto bledny'j i bezmolvny'j
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ne dumala li ty', chto, bledny'j i bezmolvny'j,
YA vnov` k tebe pridu, kak nishhij, umolyat`,
Toboj otvergnuty'j, toboyu vechno polny'j,
Chtob ty' pozvolila u nog tvoix ry'dat`?
Naprasnaya mechta! Sly'xala l` ty' poroyu,
Chto v miloj prazdnosti ne vse, kak ty', zhivut,
Chto gde-to est` bor`ba i my'sl`, i chestny'j trud
I chto pred nimi ty' — nichto s tvoej krasoyu?
Smotri, — menya zovet ogromny'j svetly'j mir:
Est` u menya bessmertnaya priroda
I molodost`, i gordaya svoboda,
I Rafae`l`, i Dante, i Shekspir!
I dumat` ty' mogla, chto ya tomit`sya budu
Ili u nog tvoix bespomoshhno ry'dat`?
Net, sty'dno pred toboj mne slezy' rastochat`, —
Zabud` menya skorej, kak ya tebya zabudu!
O, nerazumnoe, prelestnoe ditya,
Ty' gneva moego, pover`, ne zasluzhila, —
No esli b ty' mogla ponyat`, kakaya sila
By'la u nog tvoix, kogda so mnoj, shutya,
Igrala ty' v lyubov` i vsyo potom razbila, —
Togda liczo tvoe zardelos` by' sty'dom,
I nad porugannoj lyubov`yu, nad mechtami,
Chto ty' razrushila svoimi zhe rukami,
Ne ya, a ty' v otchayan`e nemom
Ry'dala by' teper` goryuchimi slezami!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941), written 1886 [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 Pyotr Nikolayevich Renchitsky (1874 - 1965), "Не думала ли ты, что бледный и безмолвный" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-11-06
Line count: 26
Word count: 180

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