by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949)
Fontan čerepachi
Language: Russian (Русский)
Čerez plečo slagaja čerepach, Gorbatych plennic, ná mel' ploskoj vazy, Gde bryzžutsja na vole vodolazy, Zabyv, nepovorotlivye, strach, — Tancujut otroki na golovach Kurnosych čudišč. Divny ich prokazy: Pod ich pjatoj urody pučeglazy Iz krugloj pasti pryščut vodnyj prach. Ich četvero rezvjatsja na del'finach. Na bronzovych to golenjach, to spinach Losnitsja dnja zeleno-zybkij smech. I v ėtoj nege leni i privolij Tvoich lovlju ja prazdničnych utech, Tvoich, Lorenco, ėcho melancholij.
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- by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949), appears in Римские сонеты (Rimskije sonety) [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 Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Фонтан черепахи", op. 160 no. 2 (1940) [voice and piano], from Римские сонеты, на слова Вячеслава Иванова, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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