by Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855 - 1937), as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky
Pod vichrem
Language: Russian (Русский)
Polnočnyj veter trubit v rog, Sred' polja ryščet bez dorog, Nachodit put' sred' temnoty. Vstavajte, mertvye listy! Osennij vichor' iščet vas V polnočnyj čas. Dochnul, primčalsja, naletel, Vstrevožil list'ja, zavertel. O, kak pečal'no u kornej Oni vzvilis', kak roj tenej, Proščajas' s derevom, kružas' V poslednij raz! Ešče poryv, — i vse slilos' I v pljaske smerti obnjalos' — Listy i prach, i pyl' doždja. Grozja, zloradstvuja, svistja, Osennij vichor' vse unes V nočnoj chaos. Steklo vody on razdrobil I stolb luny v vode razbil Na sto raspavšichsja kružkov, Usejal tysjač'ju listov Cholodnyj val i mčitsja proč' V gluchuju noč'. Usejal tysjač'ju listov Chudoe rubišče lugov, Ovragov skol'zkie boka, Bolota, kruči, berega; No pribyvaet list'ev stroj Za roem roj. V stepi, obvetrennoj vokrug, Est', govorjat, zavetnyj krug. Gonimy vichrem, kak sud'boj, Listy vozdušnoju tropoj Tuda stremjatsja každyj god V dni nepogod. Tuda, s zemlej razlučeny, Mertvy, no ne pogrebeny, Oni letjat so vsech storon I, plača, moljat pochoron, U neba moljat, čto vdali, I u zemli.
A. Gretchaninov sets stanzas 1-3
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Authorship:
- by Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855 - 1937), as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky, "Под вихрем", appears in Мертвые листья (Mertvyje list'ja), no. 2, first published 1900 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Под вихрем", op. 52 no. 2, published 1911, stanzas 1-3 [ alto and string quartet ], from Листопад = Tote Blätter. Drei Naturbilder für Altstimme mit Streichquartett, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by J. von Lagin , "Im Wirbelwind" ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov.
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