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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Ja byl ves' v pestrych loskut'jach
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja byl ves' v pestrych loskut'jach,
Belyj, krasnyj, v bezobraznoj maske
Chochotal i krivljalsja pa rasput"jach,
I rasskazyval šutočnye skazki.

Razvertyval dlinnye skazan'ja
Bessvjazno, i dolgo, i zvonko -
O starikach, i o stranach bez nazvan'ja,
I o devuške s glazami rebenka.

Kto-to dolgo, bessmyslenno smejalsja,
I komu-to stanovilos' bol'no.
I kogda ja vnezapno sbivalsja,
Iz tolpy kričali: «Dovol'no!»

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 3. Распутья (1902—1904) (Rasput'ja) [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 Semyon Viktorovich Panchenko (1867 - 1937), "Я был весь в пёстрых лоскмотьях" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-22
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Word count: 58

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