by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Ya videl smert`; ona v molchan`i sela
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ya videl smert`; ona v molchan`i sela U mirnogo porogu moego; YA videl grob; otkry'las` dver` ego; Dusha, pomerknuv, oxladela... Pokinu skoro ya druzej, I zhizni gorestnoj moej Nikto sledov uzh ne primetit; Poslednij vzor moix ochej Lucha bessmertiya ne vstretit, I pogasayushhij svetil`nik yuny'x dnej Nichtozhestva spokojny'j mrak osvetit. ........................................ Prosti, pechal`ny'j mir, gde temnaya stezya Nad bezdnoj dlya menya lezhala - Gde vera tixaya menya ne uteshala, Gde ya lyubil, gde mne lyubit` nel`zya! Prosti, svetilo dnya, prosti, nebes zavesa, Nemaya nochi mgla, dennicy' sladkij chas, Znakomy'e xolmy', ruch`ya pusty'nny'j glas, Bezmolvie tainstvennogo lesa, I vsyo. . . . prosti v poslednij raz. A ty', kotoraya by'la mne v mire bogom, Predmetom tajny'x slez i gorestej zalogom, Prosti! minulo vsyo..... Uzh gasnet plamen` moj, Sxozhu ya v xladnuyu mogilu, I smerti sumrak rokovoj S muchen`yami lyubvi pokroet zhizn` uny'lu. A vy', druz`ya, kogda lishenny'j sil, Edva dy'sha, v boleznennom boren`i, Skazhu ya vam: ,,O druga! ya lyubil!...`` I tixoj dux umret v iznemozhen`i, Druz`ya moi, - togda podite k nej: Skazhite: vzyat on vechnoj t`moyu... I, mozhet by't`, ob uchasti moej Ona vzdoxnet nad urnoj grobovoyu.
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Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Элегия", first published 1816 [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Я видел смерть", op. 27 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = 6 romances) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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