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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Spite, polumyortvy'e uvyadshie czvety'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Spite, polumyortvy'e uvyadshie czvety',
Tak i ne uznavshie rasczveta krasoty',
Bliz putej zaezzhenny'x vzrashhyonny'e Tvorczom
Smyaty'e nevidevshim tyazhyoly'm kolesom.

V chas, kogda vse prazdnuyut rozhdenie vesny',
V chas, kogda sby'vayutsya nesby'tochny'e sny',
Vsem dano bezumstvovat`, lish` vam odnim nel`zya,
Vozle vas raskinulas` zaklyataya stezya.

Vot, poluizlomany', lezhite vy' v py'li,
Vy', chto v nebo dal`nee svetlo glyadet` mogli,
Vy', chto vstretit` schast`e mogli by', kak i vse,
V zhenstvennoj, v netronutoj, v devicheskoj krase.

Spite zhe, vzglyanuvshie na strashny'j py'l`ny'j put`,
Vashim ravny'm — czarstvovat`, a vam — navek usnut`,
Bogom obdelyonny'e na prazdnike mechty',
Spite, ne vidavshie rasczveta krasoty'.

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Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Будем как Солнце, М.: Изд. Скорпион, 1903.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Придорожные травы", appears in Будем как Солнце (Budem kak Solnce), in 3. Млечный путь = Mlechnyj put' [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 Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovyi (1883 - 1921), "Спите, полумёртвые увядшие цветы" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 100

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