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


Lileta, pust' veter svistit
I khverkhu mitelitsja vjotsja,
Vnimaja barenju stikhij.
I v burju my schastlivy budim,
I v burju my mozhem ljubit!
Ty znajesh', vo mrachnom khaose
Radilsja prekrasnyj `Erot!

V uzhasnom volnenyj morej,
Kogda gromy srazhalis' s gramami,
I t'ma vastavala na t'mu,
I belaja pena kipela,
Javilas' boginja ljubvi,
V koralnoj plyvja kolesnice,
I volny pod nej uleglis'.

I my pod zashchitoj bagov,
Potopim v veselyj vremja.
Bushujte, o chada zimy!
Osypajtesja, zhjoltyje listja!
No my jeshchjo tol'ko cvetjom,
No my jeshchjo zhit' nachinajem
V ob"jat'jakh nezhnoj ljubvi!

I radasno zbrosim s sebja
My junosti krasnu odezhdu,
I starosti tikhoj dadim
Drozhashchuju ruku s kljukoju,
I skazhem: o starost', vedi
Naslazhdat'sja ljubov'ju v tom mire,
Uzh my nasladilisja zdes'.

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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)

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