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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

V restorane
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Nikogda ne zabudu (on by'l, ili ne by'l,
E`tot vecher): pozharom zari
Sozhzheno i razdvinuto blednoe nebo,
I na zhyoltoj zare — fonari.

YA sidel u okna v perepolnennom zale.
Gde-to peli smy'chki o lyubvi.
YA poslal tebe chyornuyu rozu v bokale
Zolotogo, kak nebo, ai.

Ty' vzglyanula. YA vstretil smushhyonno i derzko
Vzor nadmenny'j i otdal poklon.
Obratyas` k kavaleru, namerenno rezko
Ty' skazala: «I e`tot vlyublyon».

I sejchas zhe v otvet chto-to gryanuli struny',
Isstuplyonno zapeli smy'chki…
No by'la ty' so mnoj vsem prezreniem yuny'm,
Chut` zametny'm drozhan`em ruki…

Ty' rvanulas` dvizhen`em ispugannoj pticy',
Ty' proshla, slovno son moj legka…
I vzdoxnuli duxi, zadremali resnicy',
Zasheptalis` trevozhno shelka.

No iz glubi zerkal ty' mne vzory' brosala
I, brosaya, krichala: «Lovi!..»
A monisto brenchalo, cy'ganka plyasala
I vizzhala zare o lyubvi.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "В ресторане", written 1910 [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 Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "В ресторане" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 132

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