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by Yury Neledinsky-Meletsky (1752 - 1829)

Ty velish' mne ravnodushnym
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ty velish' mne ravnodushnym
Byt', prekrasnaja, k tebe;
Jesli khochesh' zret' poslushnym,
Daj drugoje serdce mne.
Daj mne serdce, chtob umelo,
Znav tebja, svobodnym byt';
Daj takoje, chtob khotelo
Ne odnoj toboju zhit'.

To, v kotorom obitajet
Obraz bespodobnyj tvoj,
Serdce, chto toboj stradajet,
To i dvizhetsja toboj.
V njom uzh chuvstva net drugogo,
I drugoj v njom zhizni net;
Ty vo t'me muchen'ja zlogo -
Zhizn', otrada mne i svet!

Vernost' ja l' k tebe narushu?
Pervyj vzdokh moj ty vzjala!
I chto ja imeju dushu,
Ty mne chuvstvovat' dala.
Ty mne dushu, ty vlozhila,
Tvoj zhe dar nesu tebe;
No ty zhertvy zapretila,
Ne dozvolju ikh sebe.

Lish' ne much' menja, zhelaja,
Chtob tvoim prestal ja byt';
Chem, v bezmolvii stradaja,
Chem mogu tebja gnevit'?
Razve chtish' za prestuplen'e
Vzor nebesnyj tvoj uzret',
Im povergnut'sja v smushchen'e
I bez pomoshchi... terpet'?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Yury Neledinsky-Meletsky (1752 - 1829), written 1792 [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 Józef Kozłowski (1757 - 1831), "Ты велишь мне равнодушным" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-06
Line count: 32
Word count: 142

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