by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)
Starost'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Chem bol'she ja zhivu - tem glubzhe tajna zhizni, Tem prizrachneje mir, strashnej sebe ja sam, Tem bol'she ja stremljus' k pokinutoj otchizne, K moim bezmolvnym nebesam. Chem bol'she ja zhivu - tem skorb' moja sil'neje, I ne otzyvchivej na golos dol'nikh bur', I smert' mojej dushi vse blizhe i jasneje, Kak vechnaja lazur'. Mne junosti ne zhal': prekrasnej solnca maja, Moj zolotoj sentjabr', tvoj blesk i tishina. Ja ne bojus' tebja, pridi ko mne, svjataja, O, Starost', luchshaja vesna! Toboj obvejannyj, ja snova budu molod, Pod svetlym inejem bezgreshnoj sediny, Kak tol'ko ukrotit vo mne tvoj mudryj kholod I bol', i bred, i zhar 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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