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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Вся в черном шла, прекрасная, живая,
Волшебница с поникшей головой,
Зарницами, как взглядами сверкая.

Прозрачен был её воздушный стан;
Но чуял я дыханья знойный трепет,
И в тишине, как ласковый обман
Незримых уст, призывный нёсся лепет.

Казалось мне, желанная зовёт
Меня с собой к любви и наслажденью.
И я всё шёл, всё шёл за ней вперёд,
Объятый весь огнём её и тенью!

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Confirmed with Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов, Затишье и буря (1868-1878), С.-Петербург, 1878, page 25. The spelling has been modernized.


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  • by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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