“Captivated by the rose, the nightingale
sings to her day and night,
but the rose hears the songs in silence.
And so another singer with a lyre
sings for a young maid;
and the sweet maid does not know
for whom he sings and why
his song is so sad.”
―
Алексей Васильевич Кольцов ,
Стихотворения и песни