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.
Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
Note on TransliterationsShow untransliterated (original) text
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