Sag nicht, dass andrer Menschen Leiden | Sag nicht, dass andrer Menschen Leiden

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by Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803 - 1864)

Translation © by David Serebrjanik

Не говори, что сердцу больно

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG GER

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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Text Authorship:

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 Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev (1829 - 1893), "Не говори, что сердцу больно" [sung text not yet checked]
by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Не говори, что сердцу больно", 1856 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Grigory Ivanovich Kuzminsky (1794 - 1877), "Не говори, что сердцу больно" [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator) , "Say not that your heart is pained"
GER German (Deutsch) (David Serebrjanik) , "Sag nicht, dass andrer Menschen Leiden", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sag nicht, dass andrer Menschen Leiden

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)

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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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-11
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