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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

On vodil po strunam; upadali
Language: Russian (Русский) 
On vodil po strunam; upadali
Volosa na bezumnye ochi,
Zvuki skrypki tak divno zvuchali,
Razlivajas' v bezmolvii nochi.
V nikh rasskaz ubeditel'no-lzhivyj
Razvival nevozmozhnuju povest',
I zmeinogo cveta otlivy
Soblaznjali i muchili sovest';
Obvinjajushchij slyshalsja golos,
I rydali v otvet opravdan'ja,
I bessil'naja volja borolas'
S vozrastajushchej burej zhelan'ja,
I v tumannykh volnakh risovalis'
Berega pozabytoj otchizny,
Nezemnye slova razdavalis'
I manili nazad s ukoriznoj,
I tak bilosja serdce trevozhno,
Tak jemu stanovilos' ponjatno
Vsjo blazhenstvo, chto bylo vozmozhno
I poterjano tak nevozvratno,
I k sebe besposhchadnaja bezdna
Svoju zhertvu, kazalos', tjanula,
A stezjoju lazurnoj i zvezdnoj
Uzh polneba luna obognula;
Zvuki peli, drozhali tak zvonko,
Zamirali i peli snachala,
Beglym plamenem sinjaja zhzhjonka
Muzykanta lico osveshchala…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1857 [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Он водил по струнам" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-03
Line count: 28
Word count: 117

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