by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813 - 1877)
Byla chudesnaja vesna!
Language: Russian (Русский)
Byla chudesnaja vesna! Oni na beregu sideli - Reka byla tikha, jasna, Vstavalo solnce, ptichki peli; Tjanulsja za rekoju dol, Spokojno, pyshno zeleneja; Vblizi shipovnik alyj cvel, Stojala temnykh lip alleja. Byla chudesnaja vesna! Oni na beregu sideli - Vo cvete let byla ona, Jego usy jedva cherneli. O, jesli b kto uvidel ikh Togda, pri utrennej ikh vstreche, I lica b vysmotrel u nikh Ili podslushal by ikh rechi - Kak byl by mil jemu jazyk, Jazyk ljubvi pervonachal'noj! On verno b sam, na `etot mig, Rascvel na dne dushi pechal'noj!.. Ja v svete vstretil ikh potom: Ona byla zhenoj drugogo, On byl zhenat, i o bylom V pomine ne bylo ni slova; Na licakh viden byl pokoj, Ikh zhizn' tekla svetlo i rovno, Oni, vstrechajas' mezh soboj, Mogli smejat'sja khladnokrovno... A tam, po beregu reki, Gde cvel togda shipovnik alyj, Odni prostye rybaki Khodili k lodke obvetshaloj I peli pesni - i temno Ostalos', dlja ljudej zakryto, Chto bylo tam govoreno, I skol'ko bylo pozabyto.
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- by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813 - 1877), 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 Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (1870 - 1921), "Обыкновенная повесть", op. 31 no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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