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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- 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]
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