Kol' pravda to, chto byt' vdvojom

Kol' pravda to, chto byt' vdvojom
Jest' tochno schastije prjamoje,
To kak to vremja nazovjom,
Kogda zhivut v razluke dvoje?
Svidan'ja s miloj ne imet' -
Akh! luchshe, luchshe umeret'.

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by Vasily Aleksandrovich Aliabev

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

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787-1851) , "Kol' pravda to, chto byt' vdvojom"

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