Kogda tebja klejmjat (Lokhvitskaya, set by R. Glière) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kogda [v tebe]¹ klejmjat i zhenshchinu, i mat' -
Za mig, odin lish' mig, ukradennyj u schast'ja,
Bezmolvstvuja, khrani pokoj besstrast'ja, -
Umej molchat'!

I jesli radostej korotkoj budet nit'
I tvoj kumir tebja osudit skoro
Na gnet toski, i gorja, i pozora, -
Umej ljubit'!

I jesli na tebe izbranija pechat',
No suzhdeno tebe vlachit' jarmo rabyni,
Nesi svoj krest s velichijem bogini, -
Umej stradat'!

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¹ Gliere: "tebja"

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Authorship

Mirra (Mariya) Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya (1869-1905)

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

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875-1956)

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