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Если жизнь тебя обманет, Не печалься, не сердись, В день уныния смирись: День веселья верь, настанет. Сердце в будущем живёт; Настоящее уныло; Всё мгновенно, всё пройдёт; Что пройдёт, то будет мило.
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1825, first published 1825 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Если жизнь тебя обманет", published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Если жизнь тебя обманет", op. 57 (Двадцать пять стихотворении Пушкина = Dvadcat' pjat' stikhotvorenii Pushkina (25 Poems of Pushkin)) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Если жизнь тебя обманет", op. 12 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Если жизнь тебя обманет", op. 61 (Acht Lieder = Vosem' Pesen) no. 4, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by S. Razorenov , "Если жизнь тебя обманет" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Если жизнь тебя обманет", op. 19a (Dva stikhotvorenija Aleksandra Pushkina) no. 2, published 1976 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by L. Weinhold ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
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- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "If life deceives you", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 31
If life deceives you, Do not mourn, do not be angry, On the day of dismay, resign youself: Believe a day of merriment will come. The heart lives in the future; The present is dismal; All things are momentary, all things will pass; What will pass will be nice.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1825, first published 1825
This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 49