by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Ja videl smert'; ona v molchan'i sela
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ja videl smert'; ona v molchan'i sela U mirnogo porogu mojego; Ja videl grob; otkrylas' dver' jego; Dusha, pomerknuv, okhladela... Pokinu skoro ja druzej, I zhizni gorestnoj mojej Nikto sledov uzh ne primetit; Poslednij vzor moikh ochej Lucha bessmertija ne vstretit, I pogasajushchij svetil'nik junykh dnej Nichtozhestva spokojnyj mrak osvetit. ........................................ Prosti, pechal'nyj mir, gde temnaja stezja Nad bezdnoj dlja menja lezhala - Gde vera tikhaja menja ne uteshala, Gde ja ljubil, gde mne ljubit' nel'zja! Prosti, svetilo dnja, prosti, nebes zavesa, Nemaja nochi mgla, dennicy sladkij chas, Znakomye kholmy, ruch'ja pustynnyj glas, Bezmolvije tainstvennogo lesa, I vsjo. . . . prosti v poslednij raz. A ty, kotoraja byla mne v mire bogom, Predmetom tajnykh slez i gorestej zalogom, Prosti! minulo vsjo..... Uzh gasnet plamen' moj, Skhozhu ja v khladnuju mogilu, I smerti sumrak rokovoj S muchen'jami ljubvi pokrojet zhizn' unylu. A vy, druz'ja, kogda lishennyj sil, Jedva dysha, v boleznennom boren'i, Skazhu ja vam: ,,O druga! ja ljubil!...`` I tikhoj dukh umret v iznemozhen'i, Druz'ja moi, - togda podite k nej: Skazhite: vzjat on vechnoj t'moju... I, mozhet byt', ob uchasti mojej Ona vzdokhnet nad urnoj grobovoju.
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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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