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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Jest' igra: ostorozhno vojti
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Jest' igra: ostorozhno vojti,
Chtob vniman'e ljudej usypit';
I glazami dobychu najti;
I za nej nezametno sledit'.

Kak by ni byl nechutok i grub
Chelovek, za kotorym sledjat, —
On pochuvstvujet pristal'nyj vzgljad
Khot' v uglakh jele drognuvshikh gub.

A drugoj — tochno srazu pojmjot:
Vzdrognut plechi, ruka u nego;
Obernjotsja — i net nichego;
Mezhdu tem — bespokojstvo rastjot.

Tem i strashen nevidimyj vzgljad,
Chto jego nevozmozhno pojmat';
Chujesh' ty, no ne mozhesh' ponjat',
Ch'i glaza za toboju sledjat.

Ne koryst', ne vljubljonnost', ne mest';
Tak — igra, kak igra u detej;
I v sobranii kazhdom ljudej
`Eti tajnye syshchiki jest'.

Ty i sam inogda ne pojmjosh',
Otchego tak byvajet poroj,
Chto soboju ty k ljudjam pridjosh',
A ujdjosh' ot ljudej — ne soboj.

Jest' durnoj i khoroshij jest' glaz,
Tol'ko luchshe b nichej ne sledil:
Slishkom mnogo jest' v kazhdom iz nas
Neizvestnykh, igrajushchikh sil…

O, toska! Cherez tysjachu let
My ne smozhem izmerit' dushi:
My uslyshim poljot vsekh planet,
Gromovye raskaty v tishi…

A poka — v neizvestnom zhivjom
I ne vedajem sil my svoikh,
I, kak deti, igraja s ognjom,
Obzhigajem sebja i drugikh…

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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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