Ljubov' (Apukhtin, set by S. Yuferov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kogda bez strasti i bez dela
Bescvetno dni moji tekli,
Ona kak burja naletela
I unesla menja s zemli. 

Ona menja lishila very
I vdokhnovenije zazhgla,
Dala mne schastije bez mery
I sljozy, sljozy bez chisla... 

Sukhimi, zhestkimi slovami
Terzala serdce mne poroj,
I khokhotala nad slezami,
I izdevalas' nad toskoj;

A inogda gorjachim slovom
I vzorom laskovykh ochej
Gnala pechal' - i v bleske novom
V dushe mojej svetilasja mojej! 

Ja vse zabyl, dyshu lish' jeju,
Vsju zhizn' ja otdal jej vo vlast'. 
Blagoslovit' jejo ne smeju
I ne mogu jejo prokljast'.

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Note on Transliteration

Authorship

Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841-1893)

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

Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865-?)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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