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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Ty mne byla sestroj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ty mne byla sestroj, to nezhnoju, to strastnoj,
I ja tebja ljubil, i ja tebja ljublju.
Ty prizrak dorogoj... blednejushchij... nejasnyj.
O, v `etot lunnyj chas ja o tebe skorblju!

Mne khochetsja, chtob Noch', raskinuvshaja kryl'ja,
Vozdushnoj tishinoj sojedinila nas.
Mne khochetsja, chtob ja, ispolnennyj bessil'ja,
V tvoi glaza struil ogon' vljublennykh glaz.

Mne khochetsja. chtob ty, vsja blednaja ot muki,
Pod laskoj zamerla, i celoval by ja
Tvoje lico, glaza, i malen'kije ruki,
I ty shepnula b mne: "Smotri, ja vsja - tvoja!"

Ja znaju, vse cvety dlja nas mogli vozniknut',
Vo mne drozhit ljubov', kak lunnyj luch v volne.
I ja khochu stonat', bezumstvovat', voskliknut':
"Ty budesh' navsegda ljubovnoj pytkoj mne!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), written 1904 [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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Ты мне была сестрой", op. 62 (Семь романсов (Sem' romansov) = Seven Romances) no. 1 (1912) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Ты мне была сестрой" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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