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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)

Клонится, клонится лоб тяжёлый
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Клонится, клонится лоб тяжёлый,
Колосом клонится, ждёт жнеца.
Друг! Равнодушье — дурная школа!
Ожесточает оно сердца.

Жнец — милосерден: сожнёт и свяжет,
Поле опять прорастёт травой…
А равнодушного — Бог накажет!
Страшно ступать по душе живой.

Друг! Неизжитая нежность — душит.
Хоть на алтын полюби — приму!
Друг равнодушный! — Так страшно слушать
Чёрную полночь в пустом дому!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), no title, written 1918 [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 Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Клонится, клонится лоб тяжёлый" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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