O, dolgo budu ja, v molčan'i noči tajnoj,
Kovarnyj lepet tvoj, ulybku, vzor slučajnyj,
Perstam poslušnuju [volos]1 gustuju prjad',
Iz myslej izgonjat', i snova prizyvat';
Dyša poryvisto, odin, nikem ne zrimyj,
Dosady i styda rumjanami palimyj,
Iskat' chotja odnoj zagadočnoj čerty
V slovach, kotorye proiznosila ty;
Šeptat' i popravljat' bylye vyražen'ja
Rečej moich s toboj, ispolnennych smuščen'ja,
I v op'janenii, naperekor umu,
Zavetnym imenem budit' nočnuju [mglu]2.

S. Rachmaninov sets lines 1-4, 9-12

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¹ Rachmaninov: "волос, волос твоих" ("volos, volos tvojikh")
² Rachmaninov: "тьму" ("t'mu")

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Text Authorship:

• by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title, first published 1844 [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 Boris Aleksandrovich Fitingof-Shel (1829 - 1901), "О, долго буду я", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "В молчаньи ночи тайной", op. 9 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Романсов на стихотворения А. Фета, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev (1878 - 1942), "О, долго буду я", 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "В молчаньи ночи тайной", op. 4 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs) ) no. 3, lines 1-4,9-12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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