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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

О верю, верю, счастье есть!
Language: Russian (Русский) 
О верю, верю, счастье есть! 
Еще и солнце не погасло. 
Заря молитвенником красным 
Пророчит благостную весть. 

Звени, звени, златая Русь, 
Волнуйся, неуемный ветер! 
Блажен, кто радостью отметил 
Твою пастушескую грусть. 

Люблю я ропот буйных вод 
И на волне звезды сиянье. 
Благословенное страданье, 
Благословляющий народ. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925) [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 Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906 - 1976), "О верю, верю, счастье есть!" [ voice and piano ], from Четыре Настроения (Chetyre Nastrojenija) = Four Moods, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "О верю, верю, счастье есть!", 1977 [ baritone and piano ], from Отчалившая Русь (Otchalivshaja Rus'), no. 11, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 44

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