by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)
Esli rozy ticho osypajutsja
Language: Russian (Русский)
Esli rozy ticho osypajutsja, Esli zvëzdy merknut v nebesach, Ob utesy volny razbivajutsja, Gasnet luč zari na oblakach, Ėto smert', -- no bez bor'by mučitel'noj, Ėto smert', plenjaja krasotoj, Obeščaet otdych upoitel'nyj, -- Lučšij dar prirody vseblagoj. U neë, nastavnicy božestvennoj, Naučites', ljudi, umirat', Čtob s ulybkoj krotkoj i toržestvennoj Svoj konec bezropotno vstrečat'.
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- by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941), no title, written 1883 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by N. I. Polezhayev , "Если розы тихо осыпаются" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Смерть", op. 57 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 5 (1884), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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