by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)
Lazurnoe czarstvo
Language: Russian (Русский)
O lazurnoe czarstvo! O czarstvo lazuri, sveta, molodosti i schast`ya! YA videl tebya... vo sne. Nas by'lo neskol`ko chelovek na krasivoj, razubrannoj lodke. Lebedinoj grud`yu vzdy'malsya bely'j parus pod rezvy'mi vy'mpelami. YA ne znal, kto by'li moi tovarishhi; no ya vsem svoim sushhestvom chuvstvoval, chto oni by'li tak zhe molody', vesely' i schastlivy', kak i ya! Da ya i ne zamechal ix. YA videl krugom odno bezbrezhnoe lazurnoe more, vsyo pokry'toe melkoj ryab`yu zoloty'x cheshuek, a nad golovoyu takoe zhe bezbrezhnoe, takoe zhe lazurnoe nebo -- i po nyom, torzhestvuya i slovno smeyas`, katilos` laskovoe solnce. I mezhdu nami po vremenam podnimalsya smex zvonkij i radostny'j, kak smex bogov! A ne to vdrug s ch`ix-nibud` ust sletali slova, stixi, ispolnenny'e divnoj krasoty' i vdoxnovennoj sily'... Kazalos`, samoe nebo zvuchalo im v otvet -- i krugom more sochuvstvenno trepetalo... A tam opyat` nastupala blazhennaya tishina. Slegka ny'ryaya po myagkim volnam, ply'la nasha by'straya lodka. Ne vetrom dvigalas` ona; eyu pravili nashi sobstvenny'e igrayushhie serdcza. Kuda my' xoteli, tuda ona i neslas`, poslushno, kak zhivaya. Nam popadalis` ostrova, volshebny'e, poluprozrachny'e ostrova s otlivami dragocenny'x kamnej, yaxontov i izumrudov. Upoitel`ny'e blagovoniya neslis` s okrugly'x beregov; odni iz e`tix ostrovov osy'pali nas dozhdyom bely'x roz i landy'shej; s drugix vnezapno podnimalis` raduzhny'e dlinnokry'ly'e pticy'. Pticy' kruzhilis` nad nami, landy'shi i rozy' tayali v zhemchuzhnoj pene, skol`zivshej vdol` gladkix bokov nashej lodki. Vmeste s czvetami, s pticzami priletali sladkie, sladkie zvuki... Zhenskie golosa chudilis` v nix... I vsyo vokrug: nebo, more, koly'xanie parusa v vy'shine, zhurchanie strui za kormoyu -- vsyo govorilo o lyubvi, o blazhennoj lyubvi! I ta, kotoruyu kazhdy'j iz nas lyubil, -- ona by'la tut... nevidimo i blizko. Eshhyo mgnovenie -- i vot zasiyayut eyo glaza, rasczvetet eyo uly'bka... Eyo ruka voz`met tvoyu ruku -- i uvlechet tebya za soboyu v neuvyadaemy'j raj! O lazurnoe czarstvo! ya videl tebya... vo sne.
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Authorship:
- by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883), "Лазурное царство", first published 1878 [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Лазурное царство", op. 68 no. 2. [text not verified]
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