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by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831)

Ėlegija
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  LIT
Kogda, duša, prosilas' ty
Pogibnut' il' ljubit',
Kogda želan'ja i mečty
V tebe tesnilis' žit',
Kogda eščë ja ne pil slëz
Iz čaši bytija,
Začem togda v venke iz roz
K tenjam ne otbyl ja!

Začem vy načertalis' tak
Na pamjati moej,
Edinoj molodosti znak,
Vy, pesni prošlych dnej!
JA gory, doly i lesa,
I milyj vzgljad zabyl;
Začem že vaši golosa
Mne sluch moj sochranil!

Ne vozvratite sčast'ja mne,
Chot' dyšit v vas ono!
S nim v promel'knuvšej starine
Prostilsja ja davno.
Ne narušajte ž, ja molju,
Vy sna duši moej;
I slova strašnogo ljublju
Ne povtorjajte ej!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831) [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Элегия" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Элегия" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798 - 1868), "Элегия" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Elegija", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 99

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