I skuchno i grustno (Lermontov, set by A. Gurilyov, A. Dargomyzhsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I skuchno i grustno, i nekomu ruku podat'
  V minutu dushevnoj nevzgody...
Zhelan'ja! ... chto pol'zy naprasno i vechno zhelat'? ...
  A gody prokhodjat - vse luchshije gody!

Ljubit'... no kogo zhe? ... na vremja - ne stojit truda,
  A vechno ljubit' nevozmozhno.
V sebja li zagljanjosh'? -- Tam proshlogo net i sleda:
  I radost', i muki, i vsjo tam nichtozhno...

Chto strasti? -- ved' rano il' pozdno ikh sladkij nedug
  Ischeznet pri slove rassudka;
I zhizn', kak pozmotrish' s kholodnym vniman'jem vokrug --
  Takaja pustaja i glupaja shutka...

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Authorship

Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841)

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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869)

Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov (1803-1858)

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