by Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (1868 - 1936), as Maxim Gorky
V lesu nad rekoj zhila feya
Language: Russian (Русский)
V lesu nad rekoj zhila feya, V reke ona chasto kupalas`; No raz, pozaby'v ostorozhnost`, V ry'baczkie seti popalas`. Ee ry'baki ispugalis`... No by'l s nimi yunosha Marko; Sxvatil on krasaviczu-feyu I stal celovat` ee zharko. A feya, kak gibkaya vetka, V moguchix rukax izvivalas`, Da v Markovy' ochi glyadela I tixo chemu-to smeyalas`... Ves` den` ona Marko laskala, A kak tol`ko noch` nastupila - Propala veselaya feya,- U Marko dusha zagrustila... I dni xodit Marko, i nochi V lesu nad rekoyu Dunaem, Vse ishhet, vse stonet: "Gde feya?" No volny' smeyutsya: "Ne znaem". No on zakrichal im: "Vy' lzhete! Vy' sami igraete s neyu!" I brosilsya yunosha glupy'j V Dunaj, chtob najti svoyu feyu Kupaetsya feya v Dunae, Kak ran`she do Marko kupalas`; A Marko uzh netu... No, vse zhe, O Marko xot` pesnya ostalas`. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A vy' na zemle prozhivete, Kak chervi slepy'e zhivut: Ni skazok pro vas ne rasskazhut, Ni pesen pro vas ne spoyut!
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Confirmed with М. Горький, Стихотворения, Библиотека поэта. Малая серия. Москва: Советский писатель, 1947.
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Authorship:
- by Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (1868 - 1936), as Maxim Gorky, "Легенда о Марко", written 1903 [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), "Фея" [sung text not yet checked]
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