by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)
Starost'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Čem bol'še ja živu - tem glubže tajna žizni, Tem prizračnee mir, strašnej sebe ja sam, Tem bol'še ja stremljus' k pokinutoj otčizne, K moim bezmolvnym nebesam. Čem bol'še ja živu - tem skorb' moja sil'nee, I ne otzyvčivej na golos dol'nich bur', I smert' moej duši vse bliže i jasnee, Kak večnaja lazur'. Mne junosti ne žal': prekrasnej solnca maja, Moj zolotoj sentjabr', tvoj blesk i tišina. JA ne bojus' tebja, pridi ko mne, svjataja, O, Starost', lučšaja vesna! Toboj obvejannyj, ja snova budu molod, Pod svetlym ineem bezgrešnoj sediny, Kak tol'ko ukrotit vo mne tvoj mudryj cholod I bol', i bred, i žar vesny!
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- by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941) [author's text not yet checked 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 Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf (1886 - 1942), "Старость" [sung text checked 1 time]
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