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by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub, Graf (Count) (1813 - 1882)

Serenada
Language: Russian (Русский) 
[Zakinuv]1 plašč, s gitaroj pod [rukoju]2,
K eë oknu pojdëm v tiši nočnoj,
I tam prervëm my pesn'ju molodoju
Roskošnyj son krasavicy mladoj.
No ne strašis', plenitel'naja deva,
Ne vozmutim tvoich my svetlych snov
Neistovstvom bursackogo napeva
Il' povest'ju studenčeskich grechov.

Net, my poëm i ticho i smirenno,
Liš' dlja togo, čtob slyšala nas ty,
I naša pesn' - kak fimiam svjaščennyj
Pred altarem bogini krasoty.
Zvezda duši! Boginja molodaja!
Nas osvetil ogon' tvoich očej,
I golos naš, na serdce zamiraja,
Ljubvi zemnoj ne vyrazit rečej.

My zdes' poëm vo t'me vesennej noči;
Ty ž, probudjas' ot šuma golosov,
Somkneš' opjat' mečtatel'nye oči,
Ne rasslychav bozzvan'ja bursakov;
No net... dušoj uslyšav serenadu,
Stydjas' vo sne... ty pesn' ljubvi pojmëš'
I nechotja nočnym pevcam v nagradu
Ich menja vprosonkach nazovëš'.

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1 Napravnik: "Nakinuv"
2 Napravnik: "poloju"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub, Graf (Count) (1813 - 1882), first published 183-? [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 Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Серенада", op. 50 no. 4 (1889) [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 131

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