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by Aleksei Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov (1821 - 1908)

Pusty'nya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Uzhe davno idu ya utomlenny'j,
I na nebe uzh solnce vy'soko;
A negde otdoxnut` v stepi sozhzhennoj,
I vse eshhyo do celi daleko.
Ob``yataya bezmolviem i len`yu
Krugom pusty'nya skuchnaya lezhit...
Xot` veter by' paxnul! Letuchej ten`yu
I oblako na mig ne osvezhit.
Vperyod, vperyod! Za step`yu bezotradnoj
Zeleny'j sad, ya znayu, zhdyot menya;
Tam ya v teni dushistoj i proxladnoj
Najdu priyut ot plamennogo dnya;
Tam zhizniyu ya naslazhdat`sya budu,
Beseduya s prirodoyu zhivoj;
I otdoxnu, i navsegda zabudu
Tosku puti, lezhashhego za mnoj...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov (1821 - 1908) [author's text not yet checked 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 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Пустыня", 1895. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

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