Grust' (Polezhayev, set by A. Varlamov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Na piru u zhizni shumnoj,
 V carstve junoj krasoty
 Rval ja zhadnost'ju bezumnoj
 Blagovonnyje cvety.
 Mnogo chuvstva, mnogo zhizni
 Ja roskoshno poterjal
 I dushevnoj ukorizny,
 Mozhet byt', ne izbezhal.
 Otchego zh ne s sozhalen'jem,
 Otchego - skazhite mne, -
 No s nevol'nym voskhishchen'jem
 Vspomnil ja o starine?
 Otchego zhe lokon chjornyj,
 `Etot lokon smoljanoj,
 Den' i noch', kak dukh upornyj,
 Vsjo mel'kajet predo mnoj?
 Otchego, kak v polden' jasnyj
 Golubyje nebesa,
 Mne tajinstvenno prekrasny
 `Eti chjornyje glaza?
 Pochemu zhe golos sladkoj,
 `Etot golos nezemnoj,
 L'jotsja v dushu mne ukradkoj
 Garmonicheskoj volnoj?
 Chto trevozhit dukh unylyj,
 Manit k schastiju menja?
 Akh, ne vspykhnet nad mogiloj
 Iskra prezhnego ognja!
 Otleteli zabluzhdenij
 Nevozvratnyje roji -
 I ja mjortv dlja naslazhdenij,
 I ugas ja dlja ljubvi!
 Serdce ishchet, serdce prosit
 Posle buri ugolka;
 No mol'by jego raznosit
 Bezotradnaja toska!

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Authorship

Aleksandr Ivanovich Polezhayev (1804/5-1838)

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

Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801-1848)

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