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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Temnota i tuman zastilajut mne put'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Temnota i tuman zastilajut mne put',
Noch' na zemlju vsjo gushche lozhitsja,
No ja verju, ja znaju: zhivjot gde-nibud',
Gde-nibud' da zhivjot car'-devica!

Kak dostich' do nejo — ne ishchi, ne gadaj,
Tut raschjot nikakoj ne pomozhet,
Ni dogadka, ni um, no bezum'e v tot kraj,
No udacha prinest' tebja mozhet!

Ja ne zhdal, ne gadal, v temnote poskakal
V tu stranu, kuda netu dorogi,
Ja konja raznuzdal, naudachu pognal
I v boka jemu vtisnul ostrogi!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1870 [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 Yury Petrovich Suldin (b. 1987), "Темнота и туман застилают мне путь" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Темнота и туман" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 76

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