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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Ja budu zhdat'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja budu zhdat' tebja muchitel'no,
Ja budu zhdat' tebja goda,
Ty manish' sladko-iskljuchitel'no,
Ty obeshchajesh' navsegda.

Ty vsja - bezmolvije neschastija,
Sluchajnyj svet vo mgle zemnoj,
Neiz"jasnennost' sladostrastija,
Jeshche ne poznannogo mnoj.

Svojej usmeshkoj vechno-krotkoju,
Licom, vsegda sklonennym nic,
Svojej nerovnoju pokhodkoju
Krylatykh, no ne khodkikh ptic,

Ty budish' chuvstva tajno-spjashchije,
I znaju, ne zatmit sleza
Tvoi kuda-to proch' gljadjashchije,
Tvoi nevernye glaza.

Ne znaju, khochesh' li ty radosti,
Usta k ustam, pril'nut' ko mne,
No ja ne znaju vysshej sladosti,
Kak byt' s toboj najedine.

Ne znaju, smert' li ty nezhdannaja
Il' [nerozhdennaja]1 zvezda,
No budu zhdat' tebja, zhelannaja,
Ja budu zhdat' tebja vsegda.

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•   N. Obukhov 

N. Obukhov sets stanzas 1, 6

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1 Obukhov: "непорочная"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Я буду ждать" [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 Nikolai Borisovich Obukhov (1892 - 1954), "Я буду ждать", 1913, stanzas 1,6 [voice and piano], from 4 песни на слова К.Бальмонта, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 105

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