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by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)

Смерть
 (Sung text for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Если розы тихо осыпаются,
Если звёзды меркнут в небесах,
Об утесы волны разбиваются,
Гаснет луч зари на облаках,

Это смерть, -- но без борьбы мучительной,
Это смерть, пленяя красотой,
Обещает отдых упоительный, --
Лучший дар природы всеблагой.

У неё, наставницы божественной,
Научитесь, люди, умирать,
Чтоб с улыбкой кроткой и торжественной
Свой конец безропотно встречать.

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Смерть", op. 57 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 5 (1884), also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941), no title, written 1883

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

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