by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924)
Ne pravda li: my' v skazke
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ne pravda li: my' v skazke, My' v knizhke dlya detej? Tvoi tak nezhny' glazki, I postup` — kak u fej! YA — princz, a ty' — czarevna, Otecz tvoj — zloj korol`… No ne glyadi tak gnevno, Poby't` s toboj pozvol`. YA v shapke-nevidimke, Dlya vsex — ty' zdes` odna! I vot v vechernej dy'mke Pomerkla dal` okna. Prisluzhnicy' uvodyat Tebya pod polog tvoj… Nochny'e teni brodyat, I ya vo mgle s toboj! Usta tvoi bezmolvny', Smezhyon pokorny'j vzor. Brosayu v vozdux — v volny' Nash samolet-kovyor. Vlekut nas v czarstvo laski Sem` bely'x lebedej… Ne pravda li: my' v skazke, My' v knizhke dlya detej?
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Confirmed with Валерий Брюсов, Urbi et Orbi. Стихи 1900—1903 гг. — М.: Скорпион, 1903, pages 83-84.
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- by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924), no title, appears in Urbi et Orbi. Стихи 1900-1903 гг, in 5. Элегии (Elegiji) = Elegies, no. 4 [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 Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Не правда ли: мы в сказке", op. 14 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa) = Four romances) no. 1 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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