by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)
Vir'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Gde jel'nik sumrachnyj stoit V lesu zubchatym tjomnym strojem, Gde staryj pozabytyj skit Manit zadumchivym pokojem, Jest' ptica Vir'. Jejo ubor Ves' sero-aspidnogo cveta, Golovka v khokholke, a vzor Ispolnen skorbnogo priveta. Ona tak zhalostno pojot, S takoju nezhnost'ju glubokoj, Chto, jesli k skitu zabredjot Sluchajno putnik odinokij, On ne pokinet te mesta: Les molchalivyj i unylyj I skorbnoj pesni krasota Polny neotrazimoj sily! Vir' tikho plachet mezh vetvej, Vir' sostradanija ne znajet, I chelovek idjot za nej I dnej pechal'nykh ne schitajet. Bezmolvnoj zhalost'ju k sebe, Tomlen'em sladostnym ob"jatyj, Pokornyj gorestnoj sud'be, On pomnit lish' odni zakaty. I vot, kogda v lesu pustom Gorit zarja, a jel'nik chjornyj Stoit na fone zolotom Stenoju traurno-uzornoj, S kakoj otradoj lovit on Vsjo, chto zarjoj jeshchjo pechal'nej: Vechernij kolokol'nyj zvon, Napevy zhenshchin v roshche dal'nej, I gul sosny, i veterka Odnoobraznyj shelest v chashche… Nevyrazima ikh toska, I net jejo bol'nej i slashche! Kogda zhe les, odetyj t'moj, Sgustitsja v nej i t'ma sol'jotsja S jego mogil'noj bakhromoj, — Vir' v temnote trevozhno v'jotsja, V ispuge b'jotsja sred' vetvej, Tosklivo stonet i rydajet, I tem tosklivej, tem grustnej, Chem chelovek bol'nej stradajet…
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]
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- by Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872 - 1956), "Вирь" [sung text not yet checked]
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