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by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945)

Стук
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Полночная тень. Тишина. 
Стук сердца и стук часов. 
Как ночь непонятно черна! 
Как тяжек ее покров!  

Но знаю: бессильных сердец 
Еще неподвижней мрак. 
Тебе я молюсь, о Отец! 
Подай мне голос, иль знак!  

Сильней, чем себя и людей, 
Я душу свою люблю. 
И надвое волей моей 
Я душу переломлю.  

И стала живой тишина. 
В ней, темной, слышу ответ: 
Пусть ночь бесконечно длинна, — 
Из тьмы да родится свет!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945), "Стук", written 1900 [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), "Стук", op. 4 no. 9 (1903-1913) [ voice and piano ], from На грани, 18 романсов на слова З. Гиппиус (Na grani) = On the Border, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

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