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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Ballada
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  FRE
Nad morem krasavicza-deva sidit;
I, k drugu laskayasya, tak govorit:

«Dostan` ozherel`e, spustisya na dno;
Segodnya v puchinu upalo ono!

Ty' e`tim dokazhesh` svoyu mne lyubov`!»
Vskipela lixaya u yunoshi krov`,

I um ego obnyal nevol`ny'j nedug,
On v pennuyu bezdnu kidaetsya vdrug.

Iz bezdny' perlovy'e bry'zgi letyat,
I volny' tesnyatsya i [mchatsya]1 nazad,

I snova prixodyat i o bereg b`yut,
Vot milogo druga oni prinesut.

O schast`e! on zhiv, on skalu uxvatil,
V ruke ozherel`e, no mrachen kak by'l.

On verit` boitsya ustaly'm nogam,
I vlazhny'e kudri begut po plecham...

«Skazhi, ne lyublyu il` lyublyu ya tebya,
Dlya perlov prekrasnoj i zhizn` ne shhadya,

Po slovu spustilsya na chyornoe dno,
V korallovom grote lezhalo ono. —

Voz`mi!» — i pechal`ny'j on vzor ustremil
Na to, chto dorozhe on zhizni lyubil.

Otvet by'l: «O mily'j, o yunosha moj!
Dostan`, esli lyubish`, korall dorogoj».

S dushoj beznadezhnoj mladoj udalecz
Pry'gnul, chtob najti il` korall, il` konecz.

Iz bezdny' perlovy'e bry'zgi letyat,
I volny' tesnyatsya i mchatsya nazad,

I snova prixodyat i o bereg b`yut,
No milogo druga oni ne nesut.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   D. Shostakovich 

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Confirmed with М. Ю. Лермонтов: Сочинения Том 1; Москва Издательство "Правда", 1988 (M. Yu. Lermontov: Works, Volume 1; Moscow; "Truth" Publishers, 1988).

1 Shostakovich: "тянут" ("tjanut")

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Баллада" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Баллада", op. 84 (Два романса на слова Ю. Лермонтова (Dva romansa na slova M. Yu. Lermontova) = Two romances on words by Lermontov) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ballade", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-04
Line count: 30
Word count: 180

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