Ja ne vernus' (Kasatkin, set by Prozorovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ja ne vernus', dusha drozhit ot boli,
Ja strasti prizrakom, pover', ne obmanus'...
Dostojnym byt' mne khvatit sily voli,
Ty tak i znaj, ja ne vernus'.

V chuzhom kraju, ko vsem strastjam kholodnyj,
Stradal'cem dni skorej vlachit' reshus'.
Okovy proch', khochu ja byt' svobodnym.
O, ne zovi, ja ne vernus'.

Ne posylaj svojikh mne pisem milykh,
Ja `etikh strok ljubvi, lukavykh strok bojus',
Ne obeshchaj, chego ty dat' ne v silakh,
Da-da, moj drug, ja ne vernus'.

Ved' ja ushjol, tebja ne proklinaja,
A sdelat' zla tebe ne soglashus'.
Pokoja zhdjot dusha moja bol'naja.
O, poshchadi... Ja ne vernus'.

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S. Kasatkin

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

Prozorovsky

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