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by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868)

Скажи, зачем
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Скажи, зачем явилась ты
очам моим, младая Лила,
и вновь знакомые мечты
душа заснувшей пробудила,
скажи, зачем? Скажи, зачем?

Над страстию моей шутя,
зачем с ума меня ты сводишь,
когда ж любуюсь на тебя,
ты взор с холодностью отводишь,
скажи, зачем? Скажи, зачем?

Скажи, зачем? Нет, погоди!
Хочу продлить я заблужденье;
удар жестокий отврати:
удвоишь ты моё мученье,
сказав, зачем, сказав, зачем.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Скажи, зачем" [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), [adaptation] ; composed by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Tell me why?", copyright © 2017, (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: 15
Word count: 62

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