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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Dorog mne pered ikonoj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Dorog mne, pered ikonoj
V svetloj rize zolotoj,
E`tot yary'j vosk, vozzhzhenny'j
Ch`ej nevedomo rukoj.
Znayu ya: svecha py'laet,
Klir torzhestvenno poet:
Ch`e-to gore utixaet,
Kto-to slezy' tixo l`et,
Svetly'j angel upovan`ya
Proletaet nad tolpoj...
E`tix svech znamenovan`e
Chuyu trepetnoj dushoj:
E`to - medny'j grosh vdovicy',
E`to - lepta bednyaka,
E`to... mozhet by't`... ubijcy'
Pokayannaya toska...
E`to - svetloe mgnoven`e
V dikom mrake i glushi,
Pamyat` slez i umilen`ya
V vechnost` glyanuvshej dushi...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), written 1868 [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 Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821 - 1898), "Дорог мне перед иконой" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 70

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