Kak mne bol'no (Galina, set by S. Rachmaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kak mne bol'no, kak khochetsja zhit'...
Kak svezha i dushista vesna!
Net! ne v silakh ja serdca ubit'
V `etu noch' golubuju bez sna.

Khot'-by starost' prishla poskorej,
Khot'-by inej v kudrjakh zablestel,
Chto-b ne pel dlja menja solovej,
Chtoby les dlja menja ne shumel,

Chtoby pesn' ne rvalas' iz dushi
Skvoz' sireni v shirokuju dal',
Chtoby ne bylo v `etoj tishi
Mne chego to muchitel'no zhal'!

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Authorship

Glafira Adol'fovna Galina (1873-1942)

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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