Ne ver' mne drug, kogda v izbytke gorja

Ne [ver' mne]1 drug, kogda v [izbytke]2 gorja
Ja govorju, chto razljubil tebja!
V otliva chas ne ver' izmene morja,
Ono k zemle vorotitsja, ljubja.

Uzh ja toskuju, prezhnej strasti polnyj,
[Moju]3 svobodu vnov' tebe otdam.
I uzh begut [s obratnym]4 shumom volny
Izdaleka k ljubimym beregam.

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by Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) , no title, published 1856

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

by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) , "Ne ver' mne, drug!", op. 14 no. 7 (1896).
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Ne ver' mne, drug", op. 46 no. 4 (1897), from U morja, no. 4.
by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev (1850-1918) , "Ne ver' mne, drug"
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Ne ver', moj drug", op. 6 (Shest' romansov) no. 1 (1869).

by Hans Jelmoli (1877-1936) , "O glaub' mir nicht", op. 20 no. 6 [voice and piano], from Von Liebe und Leben, no. 6.

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