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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Blistaya, probegayut oblaka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
      Blistaya, probegayut oblaka
      Po golubomu nebu. Xolm krutoj
      Osennim solncem ozaryon. Reka
      Bezhit vnizu po kamnyam s by'strotoj.
      I na xolme prishelecz molodoj,
      Zavernut v plashh, nedvizhimo sidit
      Pod staroyu berezoj. On molchit,
      No grud` ego pod``emletsya poroj,
      No bledny'j lik menyaet chasto czvet.
Chego on ishhet zdes`? — spokojstviya? — o net!

      On smotrit vdal`: tut les pestreet, tam
      Polya i stepi, tam vstrechaet vzglyad
      Opyat` dubravu ili po kustam
      Rasseyanny'e sosny'. Mir, kak sad,
      Czvetet, nadev mogil`ny'j svoj naryad —
      Pobleknuvshie list`ya. Zhalok mir!
      V nem kazhdy'j sred` tolpy' zaby't i sir,
      I lyudi vse k nichtozhestvu speshat, —
      No, xot` priroda preziraet ix,
Lyubimcy' est` u nej, kak u czarej drugix.

      I tot, na kom lezhit eyo pechat`,
      Puskaj ne ropshhet na sud`bu svoyu,
      Chtoby' nikto, nikto ne smel skazat`,
      Chto u grudi svoej ona zmeyu
      Sogrela. «O! kogda b odno «lyublyu»
      Iz ust prekrasnoj mog podslushat` ya,
      Togda by' lyudi, dazhe zhizn` moya
      V odnoobraznom severnom krayu,
      Vsyo b v novy'j blesk odelos`!» — tak mechtal
Bespechny'j... no prosit` on neba ne zhelal!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), written 1831 [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 Sergey Ivanovich Pototsky (1883 - 1958), "Блистая, пробегают облака" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-23
Line count: 30
Word count: 178

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