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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Uny'ly'j kolokola zvon
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Uny'ly'j kolokola zvon
V vechernij chas moj slux nevol`no potryasaet,
Obmanutoj dushe moej napominaet
         I vechnost` i nadezhdu on.
    I esli veter, putnik odinokoj,
    Vdrug po trave kladbíshha probezhit,
    On serdcza moego ne xolodit:
         Chto v nyom zhivet, to v nyom gluboko.
    YA chuvstvuyu — sud`ba ne umertvit
    Vo mne vozrosshij deyatel`ny'j genij;
    No chto ego na svete soxranit
Ot xitroj klevety', ot skuchny'x naslazhdenij,
         Ot istoshhitel`ny'x strastej,
    Ot yazy'ka laskatelej razvratny'x
         I ot zhelanij, neponyatny'x
         Umam posredstvenny'x lyudej?
         Bez pishhi dolzhen yarkij plamen`
         Pogasnut` na skale sy'roj:
         Xolodny'j slushatel` est` kamen`,
    Poprobuj raz, poprobuj i otkroj
Emu istochniki serdechnogo blazhenstva,
On stanet tolkovat`, chto dolzhno oshhutit`;
         V prostom ne vidya sovershenstva,
    On ne privy'k prekrasnoe cenit`,
Kak tot, kto v grud` vtesnit` zhelal by' vsyu prirodu
Kto silitsya kupit` stradaniem svoim
    I gordoyu pobedoj nad zemny'm
Bozhestvennoj dushi bezbrezhnuyu svobodu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1830/1831 [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 Yury Sergeyevich Biryukov (1908 - 1976), "Унылый колокола звон" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-05
Line count: 28
Word count: 141

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