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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Минуты счастья
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Не там отрадно счастье веет,
где шум и царство суеты,
там сердце скоро холодеет,
и блекнут яркие мечты.

Но вечер тихий, образ нежный
и речи робкие в тиши о всем,
что будит ум мятежный 
и струны робкие души...

О, вот они, минуты счастья,
когда, как зорька в небесах,
блеснет внезапно луч участья
в чужих внимательных очах,

когда любви горячей слово 
созреет в сердце, как напев, 
и с уст слететь оно готово, 
и замирает, не слетев.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893) [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Минуты счастья", op. 29 (Три дуэты (Tri du`ety) = Three duets) no. 1 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georgi Lvovitch Catoire (1861 - 1926), "Минуты счастья", op. 9 no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Стихотворений Апухтина, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Ivanovich Kharito (1886 - 1918), "Минуты счастья" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "Минуты счастья" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev (1850 - 1918), "Минуты счастья" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anatoly Konstantinovich Tarnovsky (1859 - 1912), "Минуты счастья" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

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