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by Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855 - 1937), as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky

Bessonnoju zmeëj toski i sožalen'ja
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Bessonnoju zmeëj toski i sožalen'ja
Terzaemyj vsju noč', ja v tëmnyj sad ušël,
No serdcu grustnomu želannogo zabven'ja
Sredi allej pustynnych ne našël.
Osennjaja luna v trevoge i pečali
Bežala, blednaja, sred' chmurych oblakov,
I lipy golye metalis' i drožali,
I veter gnal ich sorvannyj pokrov.
I pokazalos' mne, čto ėta noč' bol'naja
Isterzana, kak ja, bessonnoju toskoj,
Skorbit, podobno mne, o prošlom vspominaja
O svetlych dnjach vesny byloj…

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  • by Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (1855 - 1937), as Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky, no title [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 Ivan Avgustovich Davidov (1861 - 1906), "Бессонною змеёй тоски и сожаленья" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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