Ne plach', moj drug, o schast'i otletevshem,
Jego, uvy, slezami ne vernut'!
Ono ognjam podobno dogorevshim,
Tebja na mig, na krotkij mig sogrevshim —
    ‎Prosti... zabud'...

Zabud' o tom, kak schastije nezhdanno
Tebja svoim kosnulosja luchom,
I vmesto mgly, kholodnoj i tumannoj,
Povejalo vesnoj blagoukhannoj,
    Pakhnulo [vnov' i]1 svetom i teplom.

Zabud' o tom, kak zhizn' tebe predstala
V krase cvetov i zvukov i luchej,
Vo vsej krase bylogo ideala, —
I serdce vnov' soboj ocharovala
    ‎Garmonija i vzorov i rechej.

Zabud', kakim stradan'em i toskoju
Polna teper' izmuchennaja grud',
Kakoj prishlos' platit' tebe cenoju
Za schast'ja mig, u zhizni vzjatoj s boju!
    Zabud', zabud'!

A. Arensky sets stanzas 1-2, 4

About the headline (FAQ)

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with О. Н. Чюмина, Стихотворения 1892—1897, Удостоены почетного отзыва Императорской Академии Наук — Издание второе. — С.-Петербург: Книжный магазин «Новостей», 1900, pages 76—77.

¹ omitted by Arensky.

Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST

Note on Transliterations

Show untransliterated (original) text

Text Authorship:

• by Olga Nikolayevna Chyumina (1864 - 1909), no title, appears in Стихотворения 1892—1897 гг., in 3. Из прежних лет [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Не плачь, мой друг", op. 38 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = 6 romances) no. 4, stanzas 1-2,4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Lina Esbeer) , "Wein' nicht, mein Lieb'!"

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 106