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by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)

Ne dumala li ty, chto blednyj i bezmolvnyj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ne dumala li ty, chto, blednyj i bezmolvnyj,
Ja vnov' k tebe pridu, kak nishchij, umoljat',
Toboj otvergnutyj, toboju vechno polnyj,
Chtob ty pozvolila u nog tvoikh rydat'?
Naprasnaja mechta! Slykhala l' ty poroju,
Chto v miloj prazdnosti ne vse, kak ty, zhivut,
Chto gde-to jest' bor'ba i mysl', i chestnyj trud
I chto pred nimi ty — nichto s tvojej krasoju?
Smotri, — menja zovet ogromnyj svetlyj mir:
Jest' u menja bessmertnaja priroda
I molodost', i gordaja svoboda,
I Rafa`el', i Dante, i Shekspir!
I dumat' ty mogla, chto ja tomit'sja budu
Ili u nog tvoikh bespomoshchno rydat'?
Net, stydno pred toboj mne slezy rastochat', —
Zabud' menja skorej, kak ja tebja zabudu!
O, nerazumnoje, prelestnoje ditja,
Ty gneva mojego, pover', ne zasluzhila, —
No jesli b ty mogla ponjat', kakaja sila
Byla u nog tvoikh, kogda so mnoj, shutja,
Igrala ty v ljubov' i vsjo potom razbila, —
Togda lico tvoje zardelos' by stydom,
I nad porugannoj ljubov'ju, nad mechtami,
Chto ty razrushila svoimi zhe rukami,
Ne ja, a ty v otchajan'e nemom
Rydala by teper' gorjuchimi 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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