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by Smbat Shahaziz (1841 - 1907)
Translation by Yury Alekseyevich Veselovsky (1872 - 1919)

Ona k grudi prižala vnov'
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Armenian (հայերեն) 
Ona k grudi prižala vnov'
Moju trepeščuščuju ruku
I govorila… pro ljubov',
Pro čuvstvo nežnoe i muku…

«Ljubov' — ogon', izgnavšij t'mu,
Vsë pogloščajuščij mjatežno…
No, esli pišči net emu,
On ugasaet beznadežno…

Ljubov' — luč sveta dlja ljudej,
Istočnik sčast'ja nezemnogo,
Ljubov' — svetil'nik junych dnej,
Nadežda serdca molodogo.

Eë čarujuščij prizyv
Razbudit vsë, čto v ljudjach živo,
Bylye grëzy voskresiv,
Zvuča svobodno i pravdivo!

Poka sijaet nebosklon,
I serdce plamennoe b'ëtsja,
Ljubi! ved' žizn' projdët, kak son.
Čto promel'knulo — ne vernëtsja!..

Podumaj, — mračnyj den' pridët,
Zarja pomerknet, dogoraja,
I nas, bessil'nych, smert' voz'mët,
Pokroet prach zemlja syraja…

Užel' menja ty ogorčiš',
I k drugu tščetno ja vzyvaju?
Vzgljani: molčan'e ty chraniš',
A ja už slëzy prolivaju!..»

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Confirmed with Армянская муза, М: Типо-литогр. Т-ва И. Н. Кушнерев и Ко, 1907.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Yury Alekseyevich Veselovsky (1872 - 1919), "Повесть любви" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Armenian (հայերեն) by Smbat Shahaziz (1841 - 1907) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Любовь", op. 43 (Девять романсов (Devjat' romansov) = Neuf mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 9, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-03
Line count: 28
Word count: 120

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