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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Ja prinës tebe vkradčivyj list
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja prinës tebe vkradčivyj list,
JA prinës tebe prjanyj betel'.
Položi ego v rot, nasladis',
Poljubiv menja, pomni menja.
Solnce vstanet li, pomni menja,
Solnce ljažet li, pomni menja,
Kak ty pomniš' otca ili mat',
Kak ty pomniš' rodimyj svoj dom,
Pomniš' dveri i lestnicu v nëm,
Dnëm li, noč'ju li, pomni menja.
Esli grom [zagremel]1, vspomjani,
Esli veter svistit, vspomjani;
Esli v nebe sverkajut ogni, 
vspomjani, vspomjani, vspomjani.
Esli zvonko petuch propoët,
Esli slyšiš', kak vremja idët,
Esli čas ubegaet za čas,
I bežit, i vedet svoj raskaz,
Esli solnce idët za lunoj,
Bud' vsej pamjat'ju vmeste so mnoj.
Stuk, stuk, stuk. Ėto ja prichožu.
Stuk, stuk, stuk. JA v okoško gljažu.
Slyšiš' serdce? V nëm stol'ko ognja.
Dušu čuvstvueš'? Pomni menja!

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•   N. Cherepnin 

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1 Cherepnin: "загремит"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) [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 Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "Заговор для памяти", op. 52 no. 6 (1917) [voice and piano], from Океанийская сюита: цикл заклинаний К. Бальмонта (Okeanijskaja sjuita: cikl zaklinanij K. Balmonta) = Oceanic Suite: A Cycle of Incantations by K. Balmont, no. 6 [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), "Помни меня!", subtitle: "Малаёкий заговор для памяти", op. 36 no. 4 (1921), from Cinq poèmes pour voix et piano, no. 4, also set in French (Français) [ sung text checked 1 time]

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) CAT and by Lina Ivanovna Ljubera Codina-Prokof'eva (1897 - 1989) CAT ; composed by Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-08
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Word count: 123

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