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На гладях бесконечных вод, Закатом в пурпур облечённых, Она вещает и поёт, Не в силах крыл поднять смятённых... Вещает иго злых татар, Вещает казней ряд кровавых, И трус, и голод, и пожар, Злодеев силу, гибель правых... Предвечным ужасом объят, Прекрасный лик горит любовью, Но вещей правдою звучат Уста, запекшиеся кровью!..
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "Гамаюн, птица вещая", subtitle: "(Картина В. Васнецова)", written 1899, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 1. Ante Lucem (1898 - 1900), no. 16 [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Гамаюн птица вещая", op. 127 no. 2 [ soprano and piano ], from Семь Стихотворений А. Блока: вокально-инструментальная сюита = Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Bloka, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (David Angell) , "Gamayun, the prophet bird", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Gamayun, the prophet bird", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Gamayoun, l'oiseau prophète", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 50
On endless waters' smooth expanse, By sunset clad in purple splendour, In Delphic tone she ever sings, But cannot spread her weakened pinions... She prophesies the Tartar yoke, Its course of bloody executions, And quake, and famine, and alarm, The righteous' downfall, evil's power... In dark primeval terror wreathed, Her countenance aflame with passion, She speaks; and prophecies resound Through truthful lips with bloodstains clotted!
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "Гамаюн, птица вещая", subtitle: "(Картина В. Васнецова)", written 1899, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 1. Ante Lucem (1898 - 1900), no. 16
This text was added to the website: 2005-05-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 65