by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Ty' ne sprashivaj, ne raspy'ty'vaj
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ty' ne sprashivaj, ne raspy'ty'vaj, Umom-razumom ne raskidy'vaj: Kak lyublyu tebya, pochemu lyublyu, I za chto lyublyu, i nadolgo li? Ty' ne sprashivaj, ne raspy'ty'vaj: Chto sestra l` ty' mne, moloda l` zhena Ili detishhe ty' mne maloe? I ne znayu ya i ne vedayu, Kak nazvat` tebya, kak priklikati. Mnogo czvetikov vo chistom pole, Mnogo zvyozd gorit po podnebes`yu, A nazvat`-to ix net umeniya, Raspoznat`-to ix netu silushki. Polyubiv tebya, ya ne sprashival, Ne razgady'val, ne raspy'ty'val; Polyubiv tebya, ya maxnul rukoj, Ochertil svoyu bujnu golovu!
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), first published 1851 [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Ты не спрашивай", op. 6 no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Yulyevich Davidov (1838 - 1889), "Ты не спрашивай", op. 29 (Шесть романсов) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Razumnikovich Kochetov (1864 - 1925), "Ты не спрашивай" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Aleksandrovich Kopylov (1854 - 1911), "Ты не спрашивай, не распытывай", op. 38 no. 1, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Saint Petersburg, Zimmermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855 - 1914), "Ты не спрашивай" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dmitry Vitalyevich Morozov (1882 - 1942), "Ты не спрашивай, не распытывай" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Nikolayevich Ofrosimov (b. 1840), "Ты не спрашивай" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktor Nikandrovich Paskhalov (1841 - 1885), "Ты не спрашивай" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Evgeny Borisovich Vilbushevich (1874 - 1933), "Ты не спрашивай, не распытывай" [sung text not yet checked]
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