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by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945)

Круги
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Я помню: мы вдвоём сидели на скамейке. 
  Пред нами был покинутый источник 
     и тихая зелень. 
Я говорил о Боге, о созерцании и жизни... 
И, чтоб понятней было моему ребенку,  
     я легкие круги чертил на песке. 
И год минул. И нежная, как мать, печаль 
  меня на ту скамейку привела. 
     Вот покинутый источник, 
     та же тихая зелень, 
те же мысли о Боге, о жизни. 
Только нет безвинно-умерших, невоскресших слов, 
  и нет дождем смытых, 
     землей скрытых, 
моих ясных, легких кругов.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945), "Круги", written 1897 [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 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "Круги", op. 5 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Неявное. Три пьесы из З. Гиппиус (Nejavnoje) = Unseen. Three pieces by Z. Gippius, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 77

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