Somnenije (Maykov, set by N. Rimsky-Korsakov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Pust' govorjat: po`ezija-mechta,
 gorjachki serdca bred nichtozhnyj,
 chto mir jejo jest' mir pustoj i lozhnyj,
 i blednyj vymysl - krasota;
 pust' net dlja morekhodov dal'nykh siren opasnykh,
 net driad v lesakh gustykh,
 v ruch'jakh kristal'nykh zolotovlasykh net najad;
 pust' Zevs iz dlani ne nizvodit razjashchej molnii potok,
 i na noch' Gelios ne skhodit k Fetide v purpurnyj chertog: pust' tak!
 No v polden' list'jev shepot tak polon tajny,
 shum ruch'ja tak sladkozvuchen,
 morja ropot glubokomyslen,
 solnce dnja s takoj ljuboviju prijemlet puchina morja,
 lunnyj lik tak sokroven,
 chto serdce vnemlet vo vsem tanistvennyj jazyk;
 i ty nevol'no sim javlen'jam darujesh' zhizni krasoty,
 i `etim milym zabluzhden'jam i verish' i ne verish' ty!

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Authorship

Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821-1897)

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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

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