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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Я вольный ветер, я вечно вею
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Я вольный ветер, я вечно вею,
Волную волны, ласкаю ивы,
В ветвях вздыхаю, вздохнув, немею,
Лелею травы, лелею нивы.

Весною светлой, как вестник мая,
Целую ландыш, в мечту влюблённый,
И внемлет ветру Лазурь немая, —
Я вею, млею, воздушный, сонный.

В любви неверный, расту циклоном,
Взметаю тучи, взрываю Море,
Промчусь в равнинах протяжным стоном,
И гром проснётся в немом просторе.

Но снова лёгкий, всегда счастливый,
Нежней, чем фея ласкает фею,
Я льну к деревьям, дышу над нивой,
И, вечно вольный, забвеньем вею.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in Тишина (Tishina), in 4. Воздушно-белые (Vozdushno-belyje), in 1. Снежные цветы (Snezhnyje cvety, no. 7 [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 Petrovich Koptyayev (1868 - 1941), "Песнь ветра", op. 12 no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], М.: Юргенсон [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ivan Petrovich Shishov (1888 - 1947), "Ветер", published 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin (1871 - 1942), "Ветер", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], СПб.: Иогансен, ц. р. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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