Kakoje schast'je (Fet, set by S. Rachmaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kakoje schast'je: i noch', i my odni!
Reka kak zerkalo i vsja blestit zvezdami,
A tam-to golovu zakin'-ka, da vzgljani:
Kakaja glubina i chistota nad nami!
O, nazyvaj menja bezumnym!
Nazovi, chem khochesh':
v `etot mig ja razumom slabeju
I v serdce chuvstvuju takoj priliv ljubvi,
Chto ne mogu molchat', ne stanu, ne umeju!
Ja bolen, ja vljubljon,
No, muchas' i ljubja, 
O, slushaj! o pojmi! ja strasti ne skryvaju,
I ja khochu skazat', chto ja ljublju tebja,
Tebja, odnu tebja ljublju ja i zhelaju!

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Authorship

Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820-1892)

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

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

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