Ja videl inogda (Lermontov, set by A. Arensky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ja videl inogda, kak nochnaja zvezda
V zerkal'nom zalive blestit;
Kak trepeshchet v strujakh, i serebrjanyj prakh
Ot nejo, rassypajas', bezhit. 

No pojmat' ty ne l'stis' i lovit' ne beris':
Obmanchivy luch i volna. 
Mrak teni tvojej tol'ko ljazhet na nej -
Otojdi zh - i zableshet ona. 

Svetloj radosti tak bespokojnyj prizrak
Nas manit pod khladnoju mgloj;
Ty skhvatit' - on shutja ubezhit ot tebja! 
Ty obmanut - on vnov' pred toboj.

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Authorship

Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906)

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