U ljudej pred prazdnikom uborka. V storone ot `etoj tolchei Obmyvaju mirom iz vederka Ja stopy prechistye tvoi. Sharju i ne nakhozhu sandalij. Nichego ne vizhu iz-za sljoz. Na glaza mne pelenoj upali Prjadi raspustivshikhsja volos. Nogi ja tvoi v podol uperla, Ikh slezami oblila, Isus, Nitkoj bus ikh obmotala s gorla, V volosy zaryla, kak v burnus. Budushcheje vizhu tak podrobno, Slovno ty jego ostanovil. Ja sejchas predskazyvat' sposobna Veshchim jasnoviden'em sivill. Zavtra upadet zavesa v khrame, My v kruzhok sob'emsja v storone, I zemlja kachnetsja pod nogami, Mozhet byt', iz zhalosti ko mne. Perestrojatsja rjady konvoja, I nachnetsja vsadnikov raz"ezd. Slovno v burju smerch, nad golovoju Budet k nebu rvat'sja `etot krest. Broshus' na zemlju u nog raspjat'ja, Obomru i zakushu usta. Slishkom mnogim ruki dlja ob"jat'ja Ty raskinesh' po koncam kresta. Dlja kogo na svete stol'ko shiri, Stol'ko muki i takaja moshch'? Jest' li stol'ko dush i zhiznej v mire? Stol'ko poselenij, rek i roshch? No projdut takije troje sutok I stolknut v takuju pustotu, Chto za `etot strashnyj promezhutok Ja do Voskresen'ja dorastu.
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Authorship:
- by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960) [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 Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998), "Магдалина", op. 58 (1977) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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