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by Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855 - 1937), as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky

Листопад
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Как стре­лой уби­тый мет­кой,
По­кач­нул­ся лист над вет­кой,
От­де­лил­ся, по­ле­тел —
И, кру­жась нерав­но­мер­но,
На­земь па­дать стал невер­но
И, упав, оце­пе­нел.

Вслед за ним дру­гой и тре­тий…
Из вер­ши­ны, как из сети,
Зо­ло­тые мо­тыль­ки
На­земь ва­лят­ся, кру­жат­ся,
У род­ных ство­лов ло­жат­ся,
Мно­го­цвет­ны и легки.

Позд­ний день горит бес­страст­но,
Небо смот­рит без­участ­но
На судь­бу своих детей.
Смерть баг­ря­нит их и метит,
И все боль­ше неба све­тит
Сквозь пу­стой ко­ралл вет­вей.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855 - 1937), as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky, "Листопад", appears in Мерт­вые ли­стья (Mertvyje list'ja), no. 1, first published 1900 [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 Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Листопад", op. 52 no. 1, published 1911 [ alto and string quartet ], from Листопад = Tote Blätter. Drei Naturbilder für Altstimme mit Streichquartett, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by J. von Lagin , "Blätterfall" ; composed by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 69

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