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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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]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 113