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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Smutyas`, naxmurilsya prorok
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Smutyas`, naxmurilsya prorok,
Slepcza posly'shav priblizhen`e:
Bezhit, da ne derznyot porok
Emu yavlyat` nedoumen`e.

S nebesnoj knigi spisok dan
Tebe, prorok, ne dlya stroptivy'x;
Spokojno vozveshhaj Koran,
Ne ponuzhdaya nechestivy'x!

Pochto zh kichitsya chelovek?
Za to l`, chto nag na svet yavilsya,
Chto dy'shit on nedolgij vek,
Chto slab umryot, kak slab rodilsya?

Za to l`, chto bog i umertvit
I voskresit ego — po vole?
Chto s neba dni ego xranit
I v radostyax i v gor`koj dole?

Za to l`, chto dal emu plody',
I xleb, i finik, i olivu,
Blagosloviv ego trudy',
I vertograd, i xolm, i nivu?

No dvazhdy' angel vostrubit;
Na zemlyu grom nebesny'j gryanet:
I brat ot brata pobezhit,
I sy'n ot materi otpryanet.

I vse pred boga pritekut,
Obezobrazhenny'e straxom;
I nechestivy'e padut,
Pokry'ty' plamenem i praxom.

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Примечание Пушкина (Pushkin's note), for stanza 1, line 2: "Из книги Слепец."


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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1824, appears in Подражания Корану (Podrazhanija Koranu), no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-02
Line count: 28
Word count: 134

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