Mechtatelju (Pushkin, set by N. Medtner) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Ty v strasti gorestnoj nakhodish' naslazhden'je;
 tebe prijatno sljozy lit',
 naprasnym plamenem tomit' voobrazhen'je
 i v serdce tikhoje unynije tajit'.

 Pover', ne ljubish' ty, neopytnyj mechtatel'!
 O, jesli by tebja, unylykh chuvstv iskatel',
 postiglo strashnoje bezumije ljubvi;
 kogda b ves' jad jejo kipel v tvojej krovi;

 kogda by v dolgije chasy bessonnoj nochi
 na lozhe, medlenno terzajemyj toskoj,
 ty zval obmanchivyj pokoj,
 votshche smykaja skorbny ochi,

 pokrovy zharkije, rydaja, obnimal
 i sokhnul v beshenstve besplodnogo zhelan'ja, -
 pover', togda b ty ne pital
 neblagodarnogo mechtan'ja!

 Net, net! v slezakh upav k nogam
 svojej ljubovnicy nadmennoj,
 drozhashchij, blednyj, isstuplennyj,
 togda b voskliknul ty k bogam:

 ,,Otdajte, bogi, mne rassudok omrachennyj,
 voz'mite ot menja sej obraz rokovoj!
 Dovol'no ja ljubil; otdajte mne pokoj!
 No mrachnaja ljubov' i obraz nezabvennyj
 ostalis' vechno by s toboj.

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Authorship

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

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

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951)

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