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by Nikolay Ivanovich Kulikov (1815 - 1891)

Mechta ob` Italii
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Italiya, strana izyashhnogo iskusstva,
Uvizhu l` ya tvoej prirody' krasoty'?
S mladenchestva k tebe vlekut menya mechty',
I serdcza, i dushi vozvy'shenny'e chuvstva.

Lyublyu poe`ziyu i muzy'ku tvoyu,
Strana pryamogo vdoxnoven`ya,
I o tebe v chasy' odushevlen`ya mechtayu ya,
Mechtayu ya, mechtayu i poyu:

Ne strashen mne palyashhij klimat yuga,
YA polechu v stranu mechtan`ya i lyubvi,
A ty', Italiya, primi menya kak druga!
Moyu lyubov`, moi mechty', blagoslovi!

YA s nimi znal pryamoe naslazhden`e,
Lyubya poe`ziyu i muzy'ku tvoyu;
Tak pust` teper` pryamoe vdoxnoven`e
Odushevlyaet pesn` moyu.

YA uvizhu chudny'j breg,
YA usly'shu govor strastny'j,
I k Italii prekrasnoj napravlyayu beg.

V sej plenitel`noj strane
Vse vosplamenyaet chuvstvo;
Tam priroda i iskusstvo uly'bnutsya mne.

Tam vdoxnovenie pryamoe,
Tam roskoshny'j priyut mechtam,
I nebo, vechno goluboe,
I solnce yarche svetit tam.

I pesn` lyubvi tam dy'shit strast`yu,
Dy'shit strast`yu, i ogn` sil`nej kipit,
I ogn` sil`nej kipit v krovi.
I vse tam manit k naslazhden`yu,
K vostorgam negi i lyubvi.

Vizhu, vizhu chudny'j breg,
Sly'shu, sly'shu govor strastny'j,
I k Italii prekrasnoj napravlyayu beg.

Tak, sby'las` mechta moya,
YA lechu na bereg yuga!
Ty' zh, Italiya, kak druga
Prilaskaj menya!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolay Ivanovich Kulikov (1815 - 1891) [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 Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Мечта обь Италии" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-28
Line count: 38
Word count: 190

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