Текст песни Державин - Признание

I didn't know how to pretend
Like a saint,
An important dignity to inflate
And the philosopher to take the form;
I loved sincerity
I thought only they would like
Human mind and heart
Were my genius.
If I shone with delight
Fire flew from my strings,
I did not shine with myself - as a god;
Beyond myself, I sang to God.
If the sounds were dedicated
My lyre to kings, -
Seemed to be virtues
To me they are equal to the gods.
If victories are loud
I wove crowns for the leaders, -
Thought to pour into descendants
Their souls and their children.
If where are the nobles in power
I dared to blurt out the truth, -
Thought to be impartial at heart
They, the king, a friend of the fatherland.
If I am in vanity
He himself was deceived by the light, -
I confess, beauty
Having been captured, wives also sang.
In a word: love burned if the flame, I fell, rose in my century.
Give it up, sage! my stone on the coffin,
If you are not human.