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by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Belaya noch`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Dy'm potyanulo vdal`, poveyalo proxladoj.
Bez teni, bez ognej, nad blednoyu Nevoj
Idyot noch` belaya — lish` kupol zolotoj
Iz-za sedy'x dvorczov, nad krugloj kolonnadoj,
Kak mertvecza venecz pered lampadoj,
Merczaet v vy'sote xolodnoj i nemoj.
Skazhi, kuda idti za schast`em, za otradoj,
Skazhi, na chto ty' zol, tovarishh bedny'j moj?!
Vot — tyomny'j monument voznyossya nad granitom...
Il` my'sl` stesnyonnaya tvoya
Spasen`ya ishhet v zhale yadovitom,
Kak e`ta mednaya zmeya
Pod medny'm vsadnikom, prizhataya kopy'tom
Ego nesushhego konya...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Белая ночь", written 1862 [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 Pyotr Sergeyevich Bely (b. 1949), "Белая ночь" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 79

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