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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

My' vstretilis` s toboyu v xrame
Language: Russian (Русский) 
My' vstretilis` s toboyu v xrame
I zhili v radostnom sadu,
No vot zlovonny'mi dvorami
Poshli k proklyat`yu i trudu.

My' minovali vse vorota
I v kazhdom videli okne,
Kak tyazhelo lezhit rabota
Na kazhdoj sognutoj spine.

I vot poshli tuda, gde budem
My' zhit` pod nizkim potolkom,
Gde proklyali drug druga lyudi,
Ubity'e svoim trudom.

Starayas` ne zapachkat` plat`ya,
Ty' shla mezh spyashhix na polu;
No samy'j son ix by'l proklyat`e,
Von tam — v zaplyovannom uglu…

Ty' obernulas`, zaglyanula
Doverchivo v moi glaza…
I na shheke moej blesnula,
Skatilas` p`yanaya sleza.

[Net! Schast`e]1 — prazdnaya zabota,
[Ved`]2 molodost` davno proshla.
Nam skorotaet vek rabota,
Mne — molotok, tebe — igla.

Sidi, da shej, smotri v okoshko,
Lyudej povsyudu gonit trud,
A te, komu trudnej nemnozhko,
Te pesni dlinny'e poyut.

YA bliz tebya rabotat` stanu,
Avos`, ty' ne pripomnish` mne,
Chto ya uvidel dno stakana,
Topya otchayan`e v vine.

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•   G. Sviridov 

G. Sviridov sets stanzas 1-7

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1 Sviridov: "Ведь счастье"
2 Sviridov: "А"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "Холодный день", written 1906, appears in Стихотворения. Книга вторая (1904-1908), in 4. Город (1904-1908) (Gorod) [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Мы встретились с тобою в храме", stanzas 1-7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-27
Line count: 32
Word count: 152

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