Ne [ver' mne]1 drug, kogda v [izbytke]2 gorja
JA govorju, čto razljubil tebja!
V otliva čas ne ver' izmene morja,
Ono k zemle vorotitsja, ljubja.

Už ja toskuju, prežnej strasti polnyj,
[Moju]3 svobodu vnov' tebe otdam.
I už begut [s obratnym]4 šumom volny
Izdaleka k ljubimym beregam.

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "ver', moj"
² Tchaikovsky: "poryve"
³ Tchaikovsky: "Svoju"
⁴ Tchaikovsky: "obratno s"

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• by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1856 [author's text not yet checked 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 Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Не верь мне, друг", op. 1 (6 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (6 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Не верь мне, друг!", op. 14 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 7 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Не верь мне, друг", op. 46 no. 4 (1897), from У моря (U morja), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev (1850 - 1918), "Не верь мне, друг" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Не верь, мой друг", op. 6 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 1 (1869) [sung text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hans Jelmoli.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (1807 - 1893) , no title ; composed by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Geloof het niet mijn lief", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Glaub nicht, mein Lieb"

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