Odna zvezda [mež]1 vsemi dyšit
       I tak drožit,
Ona lučom almaznym pyšet
       I govorit:

Ne suždeno s toboj nam družno
       Nosit' okov,
Ne iščem my i nam ne nužno
       Ni kljatv, ni slov.

Ne nam vostorgi i pečali,
       Ljubov' moja!
No my vo vzorach razgadali,
       Kto ty, kto ja.

Čem my gorim, svetit' gotovo
       Vo t'me nočej;
I sčast'ja iščem my zemnogo
       Ne u ljudej.

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• by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Одна звезда над всеми дышит", op. 60, Heft 2 (Пять романсов) no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

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