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by Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862 - 1911)

Свечка догорала
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Свечка догорала, спать давно пора бы.
Ты поник головкой, закрываешь глазки,
А ещё всё хочешь слушать наши сказки, 
Как в лесу дремучем у колдуньи-бабы

Закипает в чанах много страшных зелий,
Как Иван-царевич едет к чародею,
Как в потоке шумном посреди ущелий
Он встречает Лебедь - ласковую фею.

О, дитя, поверь нам: нет прекрасней сказки
Той, которой учит нас судьба-старушка.
Так забудь же бред наш, так закрой же глазки
Ждёт тебя постелька, ждёт тебя подушка.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862 - 1911) [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 Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "Свечка догорала", op. 21 no. 3. [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Steven Cox

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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