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Zaklinanije

Language: Russian

 O, jesli pravda, chto v nochi,
 Kogda pokojatsja zhivyje,
 I s neba lunnyje luchi
 Skol'zjat na kamni grobovyje,
 O, jesli pravda, chto togda
 Pustejut tikhije mogily
 Ja ten' zovu, ja zhdu Lejily:
 Ko mne, moj drug, sjuda, sjuda!

 Javis', vozljublennaja ten',
 Kak ty byla pered razlukoj,
 Bledna, khladna, kak zimnij den', 
 Iskazhena poslednej mukoj.
 Pridi, kak dal'njaja zvezda,
 Kak [ljogkij]1 zvuk il' dunoven'je
 Il' kak uzhasnoje viden'je,
 Mne vsjo ravno: sjuda, sjuda!

 Zovu tebja ne dlja togo,
 Chtob ukorjat' ljudej, ch'ja zloba
 Ubila druga mojego,
 Il' chtob izvedat' tajny groba,
 Ne dlja togo, chto inogda
 Somnen'jem muchus' no, toskuja,
 Khochu skazat', chto vsjo ljublju ja,
 Chto vsjo ja tvoj. Sjuda, sjuda!


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1 Medtner: "legkoj"

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Authorship

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

Set in German, a translation of Theodor Opitz ENG GER FRE Set in French, a translation of Louis Pomey ENG GER FRE Set in German, a translation of Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819-1892) ENG GER FRE [text unavailable]
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