K portretu (Lermontov, set by N. Myaskovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kak mal'chik kudrjavyj, rezva,
Narjadna, kak babochka letom;
Znachen'ja pustogo slova 
V ustakh jejo polny privetom.

Jej nravit'sja dolgo nel'zja:
Kak cep', jej nesnosna privychka,
Ona uskol'znet, kak zmeja,
Porkhnet i umchitsja, kak ptichka.

Tajit molodoje chelo
Po vole i radost', i gore.
V glazakh, kak na nebe, svetlo,
V dushe jejo tjomno, kak v more!

To jistinoj dyshit v nej vsjo,
To vsjo v nej pritvorno i lozhno.
Ponjat' nevozmozhno jejo, 
Zato ne ljubit' ne vozmozhno.

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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)

Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881-1950)

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