by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)
Molčali list'ja, zvëzdy rdeli
        Language: Russian (Русский) 
        
        
        
        
        Molčali list'ja, zvëzdy rdeli.
     I v ėtot čas
S toboj na zvezdy my gljadeli,
     Oni - na nas.
Kogda vsë nebo tak gljaditsja
    V živuju grud',
Kak v ėtoj grudi zataitsja
    Chot' čto-nibud'?
Vsë, čto chranit i budit silu
    Vo vsem živom,
Vsë, čto unositsja v mogilu
    Ot vsech tajkom,
Čto čišče zvezd, puglivej noči,
     Strašnee t'my,
Togda, vzgljanuv drug drugu v oči,
     Skazali my.
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Text Authorship:
- by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822 - 1885), "Молчали листья, звёзды рдели" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Молчали листья", op. 28 (Три романса на слова Ф. Фета для голоса с сопровождением фортепиано (Tri romansa na slova F. Feta dlja golosa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
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