Laisa Venere, posvyashhaya ej svoyo zerkalo
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vot zerkalo moyo -- primi ego, Kiprida!
Boginya krasoty' prekrasna budet vvek,
Sedogo vremeni ne strashna ej obida:
Ona -- ne smertny'j chelovek;
No ya, pokorstvuya sud`bine,
Ne v silax zret` sebya v prozrachnosti stekla,
Ni toj, kotoroj ya by'la,
Ni toj, kotoroj ny'ne.

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-23
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Word count: 42