by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949)
Fontan cherepaxi
Language: Russian (Русский)
Cherez plecho slagaya cherepax, Gorbaty'x plennicz, ná mel` ploskoj vazy', Gde bry'zzhutsya na vole vodolazy', Zaby'v, nepovorotlivy'e, strax, — Tanczuyut otroki na golovax Kurnosy'x chudishh. Divny' ix prokazy': Pod ix pyatoj urody' pucheglazy' Iz krugloj pasti pry'shhut vodny'j prax. Ix chetvero rezvyatsya na del`finax. Na bronzovy'x to golenyax, to spinax Losnitsya dnya zeleno-zy'bkij smex. I v e`toj nege leni i privolij Tvoix lovlyu ya prazdnichny'x utex, Tvoix, Lorenczo, e`xo melanxolij.
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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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