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

Umolknuli sela, zakat dogorel
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Umolknuli sela, zakat dogorel,
Stojal ja nedvizhno — stojal i gljadel,
      Kak nochi lozhilisja teni;
Ni rechi, ni zvuka, ni vzdokha krugom —
Vse spalo glubokim, tainstvennym snom
      V ob"jat'jakh pokoja i leni.

Vse spalo… lish' bilosja serdce v grudi;
Lish' grezy, kak veshnej poroj solov'i,
      Mne pesnju v tishi napevali;
Tu staruju pesnju pro chudnuju dal',
Pro devu-krasu, pro ljubov' i pechal',
      Pro sny, chto navek minovali.

Ne veril ja pesni poblekshim slovam —
Ljubvi, krasote, chudnoj dali i snam;
      No slukh moj laskali te zvuki,
Kak ropot kholodnoj, bezdushnoj volny,
Lepechushchej lozhno sredi tishiny
      Rech' polnuju strasti i muki.

Tem zvukam vnimal ja, kak budto oni
Mogli vorotit' mne minuvshije dni —
      I v t'mu pogruzhalosja oko;
No bylo vse pusto i nemo krugom,
I schast'e byloje 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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