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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Peterburgskaya pesenka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Xozhu, brozhu ponury'j,
Odin v svoej nore.
Pridyot sharmanshhik xmury'j,
Zaplachet na dvore.

O toj svobodnoj dole,
Chto mne ne suzhdena,
O tom, chto veter v pole
I na dvore vesna.

A mne kakoe delo?
Brozhu odin, zaby't.
I svechka dogorela,
I mayatnik stuchit.

Odna, odna nadezhda
Von tam, v eyo okne.
Svetla eyo odezhda,
Ona pridyot ko mne.

Liczo moyo belee,
Chem belaya stena...
Opyat`, opyat` srobeyu,
Kogda pridyot ona...

Zachem ona prixodit
So mnoyu govorit`?
Zachem v iglu provodit
Vesyolen`kuyu nit`?

Zachem ona ronyaet
Vesyoly'e slova?
Zachem liczo sklonyaet
I pryachet v kruzheva?

Ved` nechego boyat`sya,
I nechego teryat`...
No nado li skazat`sya?
No mozhno li skazat`?

I chto ej molvit` -- nezhnoj?
Chto serdce rasczvelo?
Chto veter veet snezhny'j?
Chto v komnate svetlo?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921) [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Петербургская песенка", 1975-1995 [ voice and piano ], from Петербург (Peterburg), no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-13
Line count: 36
Word count: 125

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