`Elegija (Delvig, set by A. Dargomyzhsky, M. Yakovlev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kogda, dusha, prosilas' ty
Pogibnut' il' ljubit',
Kogda zhelan'ja i mechty
V tebe tesnilis' zhit',
Kogda jeshchjo ja ne pil sljoz
Iz chashi bytija,
Zachem togda v venke iz roz
K tenjam ne otbyl ja!

Zachem vy nachertalis' tak
Na pamjati mojej,
Jedinoj molodosti znak,
Vy, pesni proshlykh dnej!
Ja gory, doly i lesa,
I milyj vzgljad zabyl;
Zachem zhe vashi golosa
Mne slukh moj sokhranil!

Ne vozvratite schast'ja mne,
Khot' dyshit v vas ono!
S nim v promel'knuvshej starine
Prostilsja ja davno.
Ne narushajte zh, ja molju,
Vy sna dushi mojej;
I slova strashnogo ljublju
Ne povtorjajte jej!

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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)

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869)

Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798-1868)

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