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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Priznanie
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Prostite mne nevol`noe priznan`e!
YA by'l by' nem, kogda by' mog molchat`,
No v e`tot mig ya dolzhen peredat`
Vam ves` moj strax, nadezhdu i zhelan`e.

YA ne umel skry'vat`sya. — Da, vam mozhno
Zametit` by'lo, kak ya vas lyubil!
Uzhe davno ya tajne izmenil
I vy'skazal vam vsyo neostorozhno.

Kak ya sledil za miloyu stopoj!
Kak plat`ya milogo mne radosten by'l shorox!
Kak kazhdy'j mne predmet by'l bezotchetno dorog,
Kotorogo kasalis` vy' rukoj! 

Odnazhdy' vy' mne sami v tom priznalis`,
Chto videli menya v tot samy'j mig,
Kak ya ustami k zerkalu prinik,
V kotorom vy' nedavno uly'balis`.

I ya mechtal, chto k vam zakralas` v grud`
Moej dushi bezumnaya trevoga;
Skazhite mne, — ne smejtes` tak zhestoko:
Mogla li v vas naruzhnost` obmanut`? 

No esli ya bezzhalostno obmanut, —
Odin vash vzglyad, odin polunamek —
I net menya, i ya uzhe dalek,
I vzdoxi vas pechalit` perestanut.

Vdali ot vas izmuchusya, iznoyu,
Noch` budet dnem moim — ej budu zhit`,
S lunoj toskuyushhej o proshlom govorit`;
No vy' lyubujtesya veseloyu lunoyu

I vashix devstvenny'x i vashix svetly'x dnej
Uchastiem v stradal`ce ne temnite;
Togda — odno zhelan`e: razreshite,
Liczo luny' — ili moe blednej?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Признание", written 1840 [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 Nikolay Filippovich Khristianovich (1828 - 1890), "Признание" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-13
Line count: 32
Word count: 196

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