by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)
Chuzhaya
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ty' chuzhaya, no lyubish`, Lyubish` tol`ko menya. Ty' menya ne zabudesh` Do poslednego dnya. Ty' pokorno i skromno Shla za nim ot vencza. No liczo ty' sklonila – On ne videl licza. Ty' s nim zhenshhinoj stala, No ne devushka l` ty'? Skol`ko v kazhdom dvizhen`e Prostoty', krasoty'! Budut snova izmeny'... No odin tol`ko raz Tak zastenchivo svetit Nezhnost` lyubyashhix glaz. Ty' i skry't` ne umeesh`, Chto emu ty' chuzhda... Ty' menya ne zabudesh` Nikogda, nikogda!
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Text Authorship:
- by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), "Чужая", written 1903-6 [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 Yury Klepalov , "Чужая", published 1996 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Чужая" [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 76