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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

V oktjabre
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Otkryl okno. Kakaja khmuraja
Stolica v oktjabre!
Zabitaja loshadka buraja
Guljajet na dvore.

Snezhinka legkoju pushinkoju
Porkhajet na vetru,
I jelka slaben'koj vershinkoju
Motajet na juru.

Zhilos' legko, zhilos' i molodo –
Proshla moja pora.
Von - mal'chik, posinev ot kholoda,
Drozhit sredi dvora.

Vsjo, vsjo po staromu, byvalomu,
I budet kak vsegda:
Loshadke i mal'chishke malomu
Ne sladki kholoda.

Da i menja bez vsjakikh povodov
Zagnali na cherdak.
Nikto moikh ne slushal dovodov,
I vyshel moj tabak.

A vsjo khochu svobodnoj voleju
Svobodnogo zhit'ja,
Khot' net zvezdy schastlivoj boleje
S tekh por, kak zapil ja!

Davno zvezda v stakan moj kanula, -
Uzheli navsegda?..
No vot dusha opjat' vosprjanula:
So mnoj moja zvezda!

Vot, vot - v glazakh plyvet manjashchaja,
Kachajetsja v okne...
I zhizn' nachnetsja nastojashchaja,
I kryl'ja budut mne!

I dazhe vsjo moje imushchestvo
S soboju zakhvachu!
Poznal, poznal svoje mogushchestvo!..
Vot vskriknul... i lechu!

Lechu, lechu k mal'chishke malomu,
Sred' vikhrja i ognja...
Vsjo, vsjo po staromu, byvalomu,
Da tol'ko - bez menja!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921) [author's text not yet checked 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 Yevgeny Nikolayevich Ptichkin (1930 - 1993), "В октябре" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-25
Line count: 40
Word count: 163

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