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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Ljublju ja cepi sinich gor
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ljublju ja cepi sinich gor,
Kogda, kak južnyj meteor,
Jarka bez sveta i krasna
Vsplyvaet iz-za nich luna,
Carica lučšich dum pevca
I lučšij perl togo venca,
Kotorym svod nebes poroj
Gorditsja, budto car' zemnoj.
Na zapade večernij luč
Ešče gorit na rebrach tuč
I ustupit' vsë medlit on
Lune — ugrjumyj nebosklon;
No skoro gasnet luč zari...
Vysoko mesjac. Dve il' tri
Mladye tučki okružat
Ego sejčas... vot ves' narjad,
Kotorym beloe čelo
Emu ubrat' pozvolenó.
Kto ne znaval takich nočej
V uščel'jach gor il' sred' stepej?
Odnaždy pri takoj lune
JA mčalsja na lichom kone
V prostranstve golubych dolin,
Kak veter volen i odin.
Tumannyj mesjac i menja,
I grivu, i chrebet konja
Srebristym bleskom osypal;
JA čuvstvoval, kak kon' dyšal,
Kak on, udarivši nogoj,
Otbrasyvaem byl zemlej,
I ja v čudesnom zabyt'i
Dvižen'ja skovyval svoi,
I s nim sebja želal ja slit',
Čtob ėtim beg naš uskorít'.
I dolgo tak moj kon' letel...
I vkrug sebja ja pogljadel:
Vsë ta že step', vsë ta ž luna...
Svoj vzor ko mne skloniv, ona,
Kazalos', uprekala v tom,
Čto čelovek s svoim konem
Chotel vladyčestvo stepej
V tu noč' osporivat' u nej!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1832 [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 Konstantin Yeremeyevich Matsyutin (1910 - 1990), "Люблю я цепи синих гор" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-15
Line count: 42
Word count: 193

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