Bez uma, bez razuma (Kol'tsov, set by A. Dargomyzhsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Bez uma, bez razuma
menja zamuzh vydali,
zolotoj vek devichii
siloj ukorotilil.
Dlja togo li molodost'
sobljudali, nezhilij,
za steklom, ot solnyshko
krasotu lelejali, -
chtob ja vek svoj zamuzhem
gorjevala, plakala,
bez ljubvi, bez radosti,
sokrushalas', muchilas'!
Govorjat rodimyje:
,,Pozhivjotsja - zljubitsja,
i po serdcu vyberjosh',
da toshneje pridjotsja.``
Khorosho, sostarivshis',
rassuzhdat', sovetovat',
i s soboju molodost' 
bez reshota sravnivat'!

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Authorship

Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808-1842)

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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