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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Slepecz
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Pozhalejte, lyudi dobry'e, menya,
Mne uzh bol`she ne uvidet` bleska dnya.

Sam sebya slepy'm ya sdelal, kak E`dip,
Mudry'm buduchi, ot mudrosti pogib.

YA smotrel na zemlyu, polnuyu czvetov,
I v zemle uvidel sonmy' mertveczov.

YA smotrel na bely'j mesyacz bez koncza,
Vy'pil krov` on, krov` iz blednogo licza.

YA na solnce glyanul, solnce razgadal,
Den` kazat`sya mne prekrasny'm perestal.

I, uvidev tajny'j oblik vsex veshhej,
Strax ya prinyal v glubinu svoix ochej.

Pozhalejte, lyudi dobry'e, menya,
Mne uzh bol`she ne uvidet` bleska dnya.

Mozhet Rok i vas zastignut` slepotoj,
Pozhalejte soblaznyonnogo mechtoj.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Слепец", appears in Будем как Солнце (Budem kak Solnce), in 6. Сознание (Soznanije) [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 Georgy Garteveld , "Слепец" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

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