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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Любовь
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Когда без страсти и без дела
Бесцветно дни мои текли,
Она как буря налетела
И унесла меня с земли. 

Она меня лишила веры
И вдохновение зажгла,
Дала мне счастие без меры
И слёзы, слёзы без числа... 

Сухими, жесткими словами
Терзала сердце мне порой,
И хохотала над слезами,
И издевалась над тоской;

А иногда горячим словом
И взором ласковых очей
Гнала печаль - и в блеске новом
В душе моей светилася моей! 

Я все забыл, дышу лишь ею,
Всю жизнь я отдал ей во власть. 
Благословить её не смею
И не могу её проклясть.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), first published 1872 [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 Aleksey Vasilyevich Shishkin , "Любовь" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Любовь" [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: 20
Word count: 92

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