Maska (Polonsky, set by S. Taneyev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


V pestrote, v mnogoljudstve sobran'ja,
prazdnym vzorom skol'zja bez vniman'ja,
zloju skukoj tomimyj davno,
u kolonn vstretil ja domino.

Protjanuv svoju ruchku maljutku,
ona szhala moju ne na shutku;
na lice mojom zhar zaigral,
no ja miloj mojej ne uznal.

Izpod rozovoj shjolkovoj maski,
kak dve zvjozdochki, teplilis' glazki,
i na mne ostanovlennyj vzor
vyrazhal i ljubov', i ukor.

Nakonec ona tikho skazala:
Ja davno, ja vezde vas isskala!
Izmenil rechi trepetnyj zvuk,
ja uznal trepet milykh mne ruk.

O, vo imja ljubvi prostodushnoj,
ne snimaj `etoj maski bezdushnoj!
Ja bojus', drug moj milyj, ljubja,
v `etot mig ja bojus' za tebja.

V pestrote, v mnogoljudstve sobran'ja
pust' projdjot kleveta bez vniman'ja,
i ljubvi otkrovennoj slova
ne podslushajet zlaja molva!

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Authorship

Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819-1898)

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

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915)

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