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by Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (1868 - 1936), as Maxim Gorky

V lesu nad rekoj zhila feja
Language: Russian (Русский) 
V lesu nad rekoj zhila feja,
V reke ona chasto kupalas';
No raz, pozabyv ostorozhnost',
V rybackije seti popalas'.
Jee rybaki ispugalis'...
No byl s nimi junosha Marko;
Skhvatil on krasavicu-feju
I stal celovat' jee zharko.
A feja, kak gibkaja vetka,
V moguchikh rukakh izvivalas',
Da v Markovy ochi gljadela
I tikho chemu-to smejalas'...
Ves' den' ona Marko laskala,
A kak tol'ko noch' nastupila -
Propala veselaja feja,-
U Marko dusha zagrustila...
I dni khodit Marko, i nochi
V lesu nad rekoju Dunajem,
Vse ishchet, vse stonet: "Gde feja?"
No volny smejutsja: "Ne znajem".
No on zakrichal im: "Vy lzhete!
Vy sami igrajete s neju!"
I brosilsja junosha glupyj
V Dunaj, chtob najti svoju feju
Kupajetsja feja v Dunaje,
Kak ran'she do Marko kupalas';
A Marko uzh netu... No, vse zhe,
O Marko khot' pesnja ostalas'.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A vy na zemle prozhivete,
Kak chervi slepye zhivut:
Ni skazok pro vas ne rasskazhut,
Ni pesen pro vas ne spojut!

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Confirmed with М. Горький, Стихотворения, Библиотека поэта. Малая серия. Москва: Советский писатель, 1947.


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Text 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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-03
Line count: 33
Word count: 171

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