by Nikolay Alekseyevich Polevoy (1796 - 1846)
Pesn' Ofelii
Language: Russian (Русский)
Mojego vy znali l' druga? On byl bravyj molodec; V belykh per'jakh, statnyj voin, Pervyj Danii bojec; V belykh per'jakh, statnyj voin, Pervyj Danii bojec. No daleko za morjami, V strashnoj on ukryt mogile; Kholm na nem lezhit tjazhelyj, Lozhe - khladnaja zemlja; Kholm na nem lezhit tjazhelyj, Lozhe - khladnaja zemlja. Milyj drug! S rassvetom jasnym Ja prishla k tebe tajkom, Valentinom bud' prekrasnym! Vygljan', zdes' ja, pod oknom! On pospeshno odevalsja, Tikho dveri rastvoril; Byt' jej vernym strashno kljalsja: Obmanul, obmanul i razljubil! Jest' li sovest' u ljudej? Ver'te kljatvam, – vse naprasno! I ljubovnik tvoj – zlodej!.. Posmejetsja nad neschastnoj. Drugu devica skazala: «Ty vse kljatvy izmenil, Ja tebja ne zabyvala, Ty za chto menja zabyl?» Drug s usmeshkoj otvechajet: «Kljatv moikh ja ne zabyl; Razve devica ne znajet? Ja shutil, ja shutil, ved' ja shutil!» Skhoronili jego s nepokrytym licom, Sobiralis' oni nad mogil'nym kholmom, I gorjachije slezy kipeli ruch'em, Kak proshchalis' oni s starikom. On ne pridet, on ne pridet; Jego my bol'she ne uvidim. Net! Umer on, pokhoronen! Jego my bol'she ne uvidim! Vejet veter na mogile, Gde zaryli starika, I tri ivy, tri berezy posadili. Oni plachut, oni plachut, oni plachut, Kak pechal' moja, toska! Ne plach'te, ne plach'te, molites' o nem! Pokoj jego, bozhe moj, pravednym snom! Ne plach'te, ne plach'te, molites' o nem! Pokoj jego, bozhe, pravednym snom!
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Authorship:
- by Nikolay Alekseyevich Polevoy (1796 - 1846), first published 1837 [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), "Песнь Офелии" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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