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Не говори, что сердцу больно от ран чужих; что слёзы катятся невольно из глаз твоих. Будь молчалива, как могилы, кто ни страдай; и за невинных бога силы не призывай. Твоей души святые звуки, твой детский бред перетолкует всё от скуки безбожный свет.
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- by Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803 - 1864) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Не говори, что сердцу больно", 1856. [text verified 1 time]
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- GER German (Deutsch) (David Serebrjanik) , title 1: "Sag nicht, dass andrer Menschen Leiden", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator) , title 1: "Say not that your heart is pained"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 42
Sag nicht, dass andrer Menschen Leiden Das Herz dir quält, Dass eine Träne ungehalten Zum Boden fällt. Sei still und schweigsam gleich dem Grabe Bei fremdem Schmerz, Dem Mitleid - grösster Gottesgabe - Verschliess dein Herz. Die heil'gen Klänge deiner Seele, Mein armes Kind, Verzerrt die Welt aus Langerweile Gottlos und blind!
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2005 by David Serebrjanik, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803 - 1864)
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 52