by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)
Pred ikonoj
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ona pred ikonoj stoyala svyatoyu; Skrestilisya ruki, usta shevelilis`; Iz glaz eya slyozy' odna za drugoyu Po bledny'm shhekam zhemchugami katilis`. Ona povtoryala vse ch`yo-to nazvan`e, I vzor ozaryalsya molitvenny'm svetom; I by'lo tak mnogo lyubvi i stradan`ya, Tak malo nadezhdy' v molenii e`tom! Ona preklonilas` i dolgo lezhala, Pril`nuv golovoyu k zemle bezotvetnoj, Kak budto v tomlen`i nemom ozhidala, Chto golos nad neyu razdastsya privetny'j. No by'lo vse tixo v molchanii nochi, Lampada merczala vo mrake trevozhnom, I skorbno smotreli Spasitelya ochi Na ochi, prosyashhiya o nevozmozhnom.
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Authorship:
- by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913) [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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Пред иконой", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 10 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Rianne Stam) , "Before the icon", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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