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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Хрустальный воздух
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Какая грусть в прозрачности Небес,
В бездонности с единственной Звездою.
Изваян, отодвинут в Вечность лес,
Удвоенный глубокою водою.

Из края в край уходит длинный путь.
Хрустальный воздух холоден, без ласки.
О, май, ужель ты был когда-нибудь?
Весь мир — печаль застывшей бледной сказки.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Хрустальный воздух", appears in Птицы в Воздухе = Pticy v vozdukhe, in 6. Морана = Morana [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 Grigory Abramovich Kreyn (1879 - 1955), "Хрустальный воздух", op. 9 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa) = Four romances) no. 4 (1911), published 1916 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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