Ljubov' mertveca (Lermontov, set by P. Tchaikovsky, C. Cui) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Puskaj kholodnoju zemleju
  Zasypan ja,
[O]¹ drug! vsegda, vezde s toboju
  [Dusha moja.]²
Ljubvi bezumnogo tomlen'ja,
  Zhilec mogil,
V strane pokoja i zabven'ja
  Ja ne zabyl.

Bez strakha v chas poslednej muki
  Pokinuv svet,
Otrady zhdal ja ot razluki --
  Razluki net!
[Ja videl prelest' bestelesnykh,
  I toskoval,
Chto obraz tvoj v chertakh nebesnykh
  Ne uznaval.]³

Chto mne sijan'je bozh'jej vlasti
  I raj svjatoj?
Ja perenjos zemnyje strasti
  Tuda s soboj.
Laskaju ja mechtu rodnuju,
  Vezde odnu;
Zhelaju, plachu i revnuju,
  Kak vstarinu.

Kosnetsja l' chuzhdoje dykhan'je
  Tvojikh lanit, -
Moja dusha v nemom stradan'ji
  Vsja zadrozhit.
Sluchitsja l', shepchesh', zasypaja,
  Ty o drugom,
Tvoji slova tekut pylaja
  Po mne ognjom.

Ty ne dolzhna ljubit' drugogo,
    Net, ne dolzhna,
Ty mertvecu, svjatynej slova,
    Obruchena.
Uvy, tvoj strakh, tvoji molen'ja
    K chemu one?
[Ty znajesh']⁴, mira i zabven'ja
    Ne nado mne!

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¹ Cui: "Moj"
² Tchaikovsky: "Dusha moja, dusha moja vsegda, vezde s toboj!"
³ omitted by Tchaikovsky.
⁴ Cui: "Pokoja,"

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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)

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918)

Shest' Romansov (6 Mélodies)

French

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Shest' romansov

Set in French, a translation of J. Sergennois FRE

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918)

Shest' Romansov (6 Mélodies)

Russian

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