by Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov (1779 - 1840)
Tajna
Language: Russian (Русский)
Skazhi, drug neschastnyj, chto stalos' s toboj? Pogasli blistavshije ochi! Snedajem ty grust'ju il' tjazhkoj toskoj?.. Mrachneje tvoj lik polunochi! Mrachneje tvoj lik polunochi! Jest' grusti prichina; no v serdce ona Ot druzhnogo vzora sokryta, I mysl' ne proniknet, strashna glubina, Gde svetlaja radost' zaryta! No mne ty doverish' kruchinu svoju, Uzheli tait'sja ot druga? Kovarstvom li platjat za druzhbu tvoju, Ljubvi l' izmenila podruga? Net, drug, mne ne novo kovarstvo ljudej, Udary dlja serdca ne novy… Beschuvstvennej kamnja, zheleza khladnej, Ja rok preziraju surovyj… Kakoju zhe grust'ju? Zdes' v serdce ona Daleko ot vzorov zaryta. Ne sprashivaj, drug moj, mrachna glubina, Gde prezhnjaja radost' sokryta.
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- 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]
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