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by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945)

Pyl'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Moja dusha vo vlasti strakha 
I gor'koj zhalosti zemnoj. 
Naprasno ja begu ot prakha — 
Ja vsjudu s nim, i on so mnoj. 

Mne v ochi smotrit noch' nagaja, 
Unylaja, kak temnyj den'. 
Lish' tuchi, nizko nabegaja, 
Dajut jej mertvennuju ten'.  

I veter, vstav na mig jedinyj, 
Dozhdem dokhnul — i vmig ischez. 
Volokna seroj pautiny 
Plyvut i tjanutsja s nebes.  

Polzut, kak dni zemnykh sobytij, 
Odnoobrazny i mutny. 
No set' iz `etikh legkikh nitej 
Tjazhele smertnoj peleny.  

I v prakhe dushnom, v dyme pyl'nom, 
K poslednej gibeli spesha, 
Naprasno v uzhase bessil'nom 
Okovy zhizni rvet dusha.  

A kapli tonkije po kryshe 
Jedva stuchat, kak v robkom sne. 
Molju vas, kapli, tishe, tishe... 
O, tishe plach'te obo mne!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945), "Пыль", 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), "Пыль", op. 4 no. 14 (1903-1913), published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from На грани, 18 романсов на слова З. Гиппиус (Na grani) = On the Border, no. 14, Moscow: Muzgiz [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 118

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