by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Volna
Language: Russian (Русский)
Nabegaet, uchodit, i snova, svetjas', vozvraščaetsja, Ulybaetsja, manit, i plačet s pritvornoj bor'boj, I ukradkoj sledit, i obmanno s toboju proščaetsja, — I mel'kaet, kak kruževo, pena vo mgle goluboj. O, volna, podoždi! JA ujdu za toboj! O, volna, podoždi! No otchlynul priboj. Serebristye niti ot novoj Luny zasvečajutsja, Vsë vol'nej i vozdušnej — uplyvšemu v dal' korablju. I lučistye volny vstrečajutsja, ticho kačajutsja, Vyrastaet nezrimoe rabstvo, ja sčastliv, ja splju. I smeëtsja volna: «Ja tebja utoplju! Utoplju, potomu čto bezmerno ljublju!»
Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Полное собрание стихов. Том второй. Издание четвертое, М.: Изд. Скорпион, 1914.
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Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Волна", appears in Горящие здания (Gorjashchije zdanija), in 3. Ангелы опальные (Angely opal'nyje), no. 9 [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 Elizabeta Vladimirovna Kashperova , "Волна" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), "Волна", op. 7 (Стихотворения (Stikhotvorenija) = Poems) no. 2 (1909-1910) [ women's chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
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