Chto, krasotka molodaja (Delvig, set by M. Glinka, V. Sokolov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Chto, krasotka molodaja,
Chto ty, svetik, plachesh'? 
Chto golovushku, vzdykhaja,
K beloj ruchke klonish'? 
Ili slovom, ili vzorom
Ja tebja obidel? 
Il' neskromnym razgovorom
Vvel pri ljudjakh v krasku? 

Net, lezhit toska inaja
U tebja na serdce! 
Net, kruchinushku druguju
Ty vlozhila v mysli! 
Ty ne khochesh', ne zhelajesh'
Molodcu otkryt'sja,
Ty boish'sja milu drugu
Zapovedat' tajnu! 

Ne slykhali l' zlye ljudi
Nashikh razgovorov? 
Ne sprosili l' zlye ljudi
U otca rodnogo;
Ne sprosili l' sopostaty
U tvojej rodimoj:
,,Chej u nej na ruchke persten'? 
Ch'ja v povjazke lenta? 
Lenta, lentochka cvetnaja,
S zolotoj kajmoju;
Persten' s chern'ju raspisnoju,
S chistym izumrudom?`` 

Ne tomi, otkroj prichinu
Sljoz tvoikh gorjuchikh! 
Perelej v mojo ty serdce
Vsju tosku-kruchinu,
Perelej tosku-kruchinu
Sladkim pocelujem:
My vdvojom tosku-kruchinu
Legche rastoskujem.

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Authorship

Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798-1831)

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

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857)

Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830-1890)

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