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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ja žizn' ljubil
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja žizn' ljubil, kogda, polna
Igrivych, sladostnych želanij,
Ona byla ozarena sijan'em jarkich upovanij
I naslažden'jam otdana,

JA žizn' ljubil, dokole opyt
I muki ognennych strastej
Ne razbudili v serdce ropot,
Ne iz"jasnili mne ljudej.

A nyne, k žizni ravnodušnyj,
Skučaju vsem, i dlja menja,
Blesnuv, kak meteor vozdušnyj,
Isčezla prelest' bytija.

Ničto ne tronet, ne vzvolnuet
Duši besčuvstvennoj moej,
Ničto ne tronet, ne vzvolnuet,
Ničto ne tronet, ne vzvolnuet
Duši besčuvstvennoj moej,
I ob utrate junych dnej
Ona už bole ne toskuet.

Nadežd obmančivye sny,
Vesel'ja plamennye dni,
Ljubvi tainstvennye noči…
JA vse zabyl, zabyl i vas,
Obvorožitel'nye oči!

Pyl prežnich čuvstv vo mne pogas.
JA poljubil pokoj besstrast'ja
I blag u žizni ne prošu,
JA ne pojmu zemnogo sčast'ja,
JA serdce mertvoe nošu,
JA serdce mertvoe nošu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Я жизнь любил", subtitle: "Элегия" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-27
Line count: 30
Word count: 129

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