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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Umolknuli sela, zakat dogorel
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Umolknuli sela, zakat dogorel,
Stoyal ya nedvizhno — stoyal i glyadel,
      Kak nochi lozhilisya teni;
Ni rechi, ni zvuka, ni vzdoxa krugom —
Vse spalo glubokim, tainstvenny'm snom
      V ob``yat`yax pokoya i leni.

Vse spalo… lish` bilosya serdce v grudi;
Lish` grezy', kak veshnej poroj solov`i,
      Mne pesnyu v tishi napevali;
Tu staruyu pesnyu pro chudnuyu dal`,
Pro devu-krasu, pro lyubov` i pechal`,
      Pro sny', chto navek minovali.

Ne veril ya pesni poblekshim slovam —
Lyubvi, krasote, chudnoj dali i snam;
      No slux moj laskali te zvuki,
Kak ropot xolodnoj, bezdushnoj volny',
Lepechushhej lozhno sredi tishiny'
      Rech` polnuyu strasti i muki.

Tem zvukam vnimal ya, kak budto oni
Mogli vorotit` mne minuvshie dni —
      I v t`mu pogruzhalosya oko;
No by'lo vse pusto i nemo krugom,
I schast`e by'loe v molchan`i nochnom
      Zvuchalo daleko, daleko!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), 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 Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Умолкнули села", op. 50 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Ночь, 4 романса на слова гр. А.Голенищева-Кутузова, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 135

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