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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

V chasy zabav il' prazdnoj skuki
Language: Russian (Русский) 
V chasy zabav il' prazdnoj skuki,
Byvalo, lire ja mojej
Vverjal iznezhennye zvuki
Bezumstva, leni i strastej.

No i togda struny lukavoj
Nevol'no zvon ja preryval,
Kogda tvoj golos velichavyj
Menja vnezapno porazhal.

Ja lil potoki sljoz nezhdannykh,
I ranam sovesti mojej
Tvoikh rechej blagoukhannykh
Otraden chistyj byl jelej.

I nyne s vysoty dukhovnoj
Mne ruku prostirajesh' ty,
I siloj krotkoj i ljubovnoj
Smirjajesh' bujnye mechty.

Tvoim ognjom dusha palima
Otvergla mrak zemnykh sujet,
I vnemlet arfe serafima
V svjashchennom uzhase po`et.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title [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 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "В часы забав иль праздной скуки" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-13
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Word count: 82

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