Davno-l', moj drug (Golenishchev-Kutuzov, set by S. Rachmaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Davno-l', moj drug, tvoj vzor pechal'nyj
Ja v rasstavan'ja smutnyj mig lovil.
Chtob luch jego proshchal'nyj
Nadolgo v dushu mne pronik.
Davno-l', bluzhdaja odinoko,
V tolpe tesnjashchej i chuzhoj
K tebe zhelannoj i dalekoj 
Ja mchalsja grustnoju mechtoj.
Zhelan'ja gasli...
Serdce nylo...
Stojalo vremja...
Um molchal...
Davno-l' zatish'je `eto bylo?
No vikhr' svidan'ja nabezhal...
My vmeste vnov', i dni nesutsja,
Kak v more voln letuchikh stroj,
I mysl' kipit, i pesni l'jutsja
Iz serdca, polnogo toboj!
Iz serdca, polnogo toboj!

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Authorship

Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848-1913)

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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