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by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)

Vir`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Gde el`nik sumrachny'j stoit
V lesu zubchaty'm tyomny'm stroem,
Gde stary'j pozaby'ty'j skit
Manit zadumchivy'm pokoem,

Est` pticza Vir`. Eyo ubor
Ves` sero-aspidnogo czveta,
Golovka v xoxolke, a vzor
Ispolnen skorbnogo priveta.

Ona tak zhalostno poyot,
S takoyu nezhnost`yu glubokoj,
Chto, esli k skitu zabredyot
Sluchajno putnik odinokij,

On ne pokinet te mesta:
Les molchalivy'j i uny'ly'j
I skorbnoj pesni krasota
Polny' neotrazimoj sily'!

Vir` tixo plachet mezh vetvej,
Vir` sostradaniya ne znaet,
I chelovek idyot za nej
I dnej pechal`ny'x ne schitaet.

Bezmolvnoj zhalost`yu k sebe,
Tomlen`em sladostny'm ob``yaty'j,
Pokorny'j gorestnoj sud`be,
On pomnit lish` odni zakaty'.

I vot, kogda v lesu pustom
Gorit zarya, a el`nik chyorny'j
Stoit na fone zolotom
Stenoyu traurno-uzornoj,

S kakoj otradoj lovit on
Vsyo, chto zaryoj eshhyo pechal`nej:
Vechernij kolokol`ny'j zvon,
Napevy' zhenshhin v roshhe dal`nej,

I gul sosny', i veterka
Odnoobrazny'j shelest v chashhe…
Nevy'razima ix toska,
I net eyo bol`nej i slashhe!

Kogda zhe les, odety'j t`moj,
Sgustitsya v nej i t`ma sol`yotsya
S ego mogil`noj baxromoj, —
Vir` v temnote trevozhno v`yotsya,

V ispuge b`yotsya sred` vetvej,
Tosklivo stonet i ry'daet,
I tem tosklivej, tem grustnej,
Chem chelovek bol`nej stradaet…

Confirmed with И.А. Бунин, Стихотворения: В 2 т. / Вступ. статья, сост., подг. текста, примеч. Т. Двинятиной, СПб.: Изд-во Пушкинского дома, Вита Нова, 2014. Т. 1., pages 194-195.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), "Вирь", written 1900, first published 1900 [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 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872 - 1956), "Вирь" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-16
Line count: 44
Word count: 190

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