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by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)

Don Kixot
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Shlem - nadtresnutoe blyudo, 
Shhit - kartonny'j, pancir` zhalkij. 
V stremenax visyat, kachayas`, 
Nogi toshhie, kak palki. 

Dlya nego xromaya klyacha - 
Kon` moguchij Rossinanta, 
E`ti mel`nichny'e kry'l`ya - 
Ruki moshhnogo giganta. 

Vidit on v taverne gryaznoj 
Roskosh` czarskogo chertoga, 
Sly'shit v dudke svinopasa
Zvuk serebryanogo roga. 

Sanxo Pancza edet ryadom; 
Gordy'j vid ego ser`ezen: 
Kak prilichno kop`enosczu, 
On velichestven i grozen. 

V krasnoj yubke, v pyatnax degtya, 
Tam, nad kuchami navoza - 
E`ta czarstvennaya dama - 
Dul`cineya de Tobozo... 

Strastno, s yunosheskim zharom 
On tolpe krest`yan golodny'x, 
Vmesto xleba, rassy'paet 
Perly' my'slej blagorodny'x: 

"Lyudi dobry'e, likujte, - 
Nastupaet prazdnik vechny'j; 
Mir ne solncem ozaritsya, 
A lyubov`yu beskonechnoj... 

Budut vse ravny'; drug druga 
Perestanut nenavidet`; 
Ni al`kady', ni barony' 
Ne posmeyut vas obidet`. 

Pojte, brat`ya, gimn pobedny'j! 
E`tot mech neset svobodu, 
Spravedlivost` i vozmezd`e 
Ugnetennomu narodu!" 

Iz prixodskoj shkoly' deti 
Vy'begayut, brosiv knizhki, 
I xoxochut, i kidayut 
Gryaz`yu v ry'czarya mal`chishki. 

Aplodiruya, kak zritel`, 
Zhirny'j lavochnik smeetsya; 
Na kry'l`ce svoem traktirshhik 
Ves` ot xoxota tryasetsya. 

I pochtenny'j pater smotrit, 
Izumleniem ob``yaty'j, 
I gromit bezum`e veka 
On latinskoyu citatoj. 

Iz okna glyadit ciryul`nik, 
On prerval svoyu rabotu, 
I s vostorgom mashet britvoj, 
I krichit on Don Kixotu: 

"Blagorodnejshij iz smertny'x, 
YA zhelayu vam uspexa!.." 
I ne v silax konchit` frazy', 
Zady'xaetsya ot smexa. 

On ne chuvstvuet, ne vidit 
Ni nasmeshek, ni prezren`ya: 
Krotkij lik ego tak svetel, 
Ochi - polny' vdoxnoven`ya. 

On smeshon; no skol`ko detskoj 
Dobroty' v uly'bke nezhnoj, 
I v lice, prostom i blednom, 
Stol`ko very' bezmyatezhnoj. 

I lyubov`, i vera svyaty'. 
E`toj veroyu sogrety' 
Vse velikie bezumcy', 
Vse proroki i poe`ty'!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941), "Дон Кихот" [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 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Дон Кихот", op. 9 (Cinq Mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jules Ruelle (1834 - 1892) ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-09
Line count: 68
Word count: 255

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