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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Магей‑Агава
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Я магей восхвалю на гремучем тамтаме.
Встрепенулся напев – переклички струя.
Он зовется магей – за горами-морями,
И агавою – там, где отчизна моя.
Каждый лист – мощный меч, и с двумя остриями,
И с насечкою игл на черте острия.
Хищный помысл блеснул, весь в иззубренной раме,
То растенье – напев, а напев – это Я.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) [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 Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "Магей-Агава", op. 52 no. 8 (1917) [voice and piano], from Океанийская сюита: цикл заклинаний К. Бальмонта (Okeanijskaja sjuita: cikl zaklinanij K. Balmonta) = Oceanic Suite: A Cycle of Incantations by K. Balmont, no. 8. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

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