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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Spi, moya pechal`naya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Spi, moya pechal`naya,
Spi, mnogostradal`naya,
Grustnaya, sty'dlivaya,
Vechno molchalivaya.
  ‎Ya tebe spoyu
‎  Bayushki-bayu.

S radost`yu svidaniya
K nam idut stradaniya,
Luchshe — otrechenie,
Skorb`, samozabvenie.
  ‎Schastiya ne zhdi,
‎  V serdce ne glyadi.

V zhizni kto oglyanetsya,
Tot vo vsyom obmanetsya,
Luchshe bezrassudny'mi
Zhit` mechtami chudny'mi.
  ‎Zhizn` prospat` svoyu.
  ‎Bayushki-bayu.

Gde-to more penitsya,
I ono izmenitsya,
Utomitsya shumnoe,
Shumnoe, bezumnoe.
  ‎Budet pod Lunoj
‎  Chut` dy'shat` volnoj.

Spi zhe, spi, pechal`naya,
Spi, mnogostradal`naya,
Grustnaya, sty'dlivaya,
Ptichka boyazlivaya.
  ‎Ya tebe poyu
  ‎Bayushki-bayu.

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•   N. Obukhov 

N. Obukhov sets stanzas 1, 3

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Баюшки-баю" [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 P. S. Akimov , "Спи, моя печальная", op. 3 no. 4, СПб.: Шмидт [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Borisovich Obukhov (1892 - 1954), "Колыбельная блаженного", 1918, stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], from 4 песни на слова К.Бальмонта, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Mikhail Andreyevich Ostroglazov , "Баюшки-баю", published 1916, Moscow: Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1889 - 1952), "Баюшки-баю", 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tatyana Konstantinovna Tolstaya (1862 - 1918), "Баюшки баю", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], СПб.: Н. Х. Давингоф [sung text not yet checked]
  • by M. Toyman-Shetokhina , "Колыбельная" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-18
Line count: 30
Word count: 82

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