Ne iskushaj menja bez nuzhdy 
Vozvratom nezhnosti tvojej!
Razocharovannomu chuzhdy
Vse obol'shchen'ja prezhnikh dnej.

Uzh ja ne verju uveren'jam,
Uzh ja ne veruju v ljubov'
I ne mogu predat'sja vnov'
Raz izmenivshim snoviden'jam.

[Slepoj]1 toski mojej ne mnozh
Ne zavodi o prezhnem slova
I, drug zabotlivyj, bol'nogo
V jego dremote ne trevozh'!

Ja splju, mne sladko usyplen'e,
[Zabud' byvalye mechty]2!
V dushe mojej odno volnen'e
A ne ljubov' probudish' ty.

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¹ Dyubyuk, Glinka: "Немой" ("Nemoj")
² Glinka: "Забыты прежние мечты " ("Zabyty prezhnije mechty")

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Text Authorship:

• by Evgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (1800 - 1844), "Разуверение", written 1821 [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 Ferdinand Büchner (1825 - 1912), "Разуверение", 1825 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Ivanovich Dyubyuk (1812 - 1897), "Не искушай меня без нужды", subtitle: "Цыганская песня", 1858 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Элегия", alternate title: "Не искушай меня без нужды", 1825 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Разуверение" [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (David Angell) , "O do not tempt me", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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