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by Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov (1779 - 1840)

Tajna
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Skazhi, drug neschastny'j, chto stalos` s toboj?
Pogasli blistavshie ochi!
Snedaem ty' grust`yu il` tyazhkoj toskoj?..
Mrachnee tvoj lik polunochi!
Mrachnee tvoj lik polunochi!

Est` grusti prichina; no v serdce ona
Ot druzhnogo vzora sokry'ta,
I my'sl` ne proniknet, strashna glubina,
Gde svetlaya radost` zary'ta!

No mne ty' doverish` kruchinu svoyu,
Uzheli tait`sya ot druga?
Kovarstvom li platyat za druzhbu tvoyu,
Lyubvi l` izmenila podruga?

Net, drug, mne ne novo kovarstvo lyudej,
Udary' dlya serdcza ne novy'…
Beschuvstvennej kamnya, zheleza xladnej,
YA rok prezirayu surovy'j…

Kakoyu zhe grust`yu? Zdes` v serdce ona
Daleko ot vzorov zary'ta.
Ne sprashivaj, drug moj, mrachna glubina,
Gde prezhnyaya radost` sokry'ta.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov (1779 - 1840) [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), "Тайна" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-28
Line count: 21
Word count: 106

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