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Medlitel'no vlekutsja dni moi, 'Slowly drag my days'
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
Medlitel'no vlekutsja dni moi,
I kazhdyj mig v unylom serdce mnozhit
Vsjo goresti neschastlivoj ljubvi
I vse mechty bezumija trevozhit.
No ja molchu; ne slyshen ropot moj;
Ja sljozy l'ju; mne sljozy uteshen'e;
Moja dusha, plenennaja toskoj,
V nikh gor'koje nakhodit naslazhden'e.
O zhizni chas, leti, ne zhal' tebja,
Ischezni v t'me, pustoje prividen'e;
Mne dorogo ljubvi mojej muchen'e;
Puskaj umru, no pust' umru, ljubja!
I kazhdyj mig v unylom serdce mnozhit
Vsjo goresti neschastlivoj ljubvi
I vse mechty bezumija trevozhit.
No ja molchu; ne slyshen ropot moj;
Ja sljozy l'ju; mne sljozy uteshen'e;
Moja dusha, plenennaja toskoj,
V nikh gor'koje nakhodit naslazhden'e.
O zhizni chas, leti, ne zhal' tebja,
Ischezni v t'me, pustoje prividen'e;
Mne dorogo ljubvi mojej muchen'e;
Puskaj umru, no pust' umru, ljubja!
Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, best know for his orchestral compositions and his symphonic suite Scheherazade. He believed in developing a nationalistic style of classical music, and was influenced by Russian folk song…
Poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born…