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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Est' igra: ostorožno vojti
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Est' igra: ostorožno vojti,
Čtob vniman'e ljudej usypit';
I glazami dobyču najti;
I za nej nezametno sledit'.

Kak by ni byl nečutok i grub
Čelovek, za kotorym sledjat, —
On počuvstvuet pristal'nyj vzgljad
Chot' v uglach ele drognuvšich gub.

A drugoj — točno srazu pojmët:
Vzdrognut pleči, ruka u nego;
Obernëtsja — i net ničego;
Meždu tem — bespokojstvo rastët.

Tem i strašen nevidimyj vzgljad,
Čto ego nevozmožno pojmat';
Čueš' ty, no ne možeš' ponjat',
Č'i glaza za toboju sledjat.

Ne koryst', ne vljublënnost', ne mest';
Tak — igra, kak igra u detej;
I v sobranii každom ljudej
Ėti tajnye syščiki est'.

Ty i sam inogda ne pojmëš',
Otčego tak byvaet poroj,
Čto soboju ty k ljudjam pridëš',
A ujdëš' ot ljudej — ne soboj.

Est' durnoj i chorošij est' glaz,
Tol'ko lučše b ničej ne sledil:
Sliškom mnogo est' v každom iz nas
Neizvestnych, igrajuščich sil…

O, toska! Čerez tysjaču let
My ne smožem izmerit' duši:
My uslyšim polët vsech planet,
Gromovye raskaty v tiši…

A poka — v neizvestnom živëm
I ne vedaem sil my svoich,
I, kak deti, igraja s ognëm,
Obžigaem sebja i drugich…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, written 1913, appears in Стихотворения. Книга третья (1907-1916), in 1. Страшный мир (1909-1916) (Strashnyj mir) [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 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sidorov (b. 1956), "Игра" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-31
Line count: 36
Word count: 188

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