Ty ne sprashivaj (Tolstoy, set by A. Arensky, A. Lyadov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ty ne sprashivaj, ne raspytyvaj,
Umom-razumom ne raskidyvaj:
Kak ljublju tebja, pochemu ljublju,
I za chto ljublju, i nadolgo li? 
Ty ne sprashivaj, ne raspytyvaj:
Chto sestra l' ty mne, moloda l' zhena
Ili detishche ty mne maloje? 

I ne znaju ja i ne vedaju,
Kak nazvat' tebja, kak priklikati. 
Mnogo cvetikov vo chistom pole,
Mnogo zvjozd gorit po podnebes'ju,
A nazvat'-to ikh net umenija,
Raspoznat'-to ikh netu silushki. 
Poljubiv tebja, ja ne sprashival,
Ne razgadyval, ne raspytyval;
Poljubiv tebja, ja makhnul rukoj,
Ochertil svoju bujnu golovu!

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Authorship

Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)

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

Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906)

Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855-1914)

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