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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Светоч
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ловец, все дни отдавший лесу,
Я направлял по нём стопы;
Мой глаз привык к его навесу
И ночью различал тропы.

Когда же вдруг из тучи мглистой
Сосну ужалил яркий змей,
Я сам затеплил сук смолистый
У золотых её огней.

Горел мой факел величаво,
Тянулись тени предо мной,
Но, обежав меня лукаво,
Они смыкались за спиной.

Пестреет мгла, блуждают очи,
Кровавый призрак в них глядит,
И тем ужасней сумрак ночи,
Чем ярче светоч мой горит.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Светоч", written 1885, appears in Вечерние огни (Vechernije ogni), in Элегии и думы (Elegii i dumy) [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 Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Светоч", op. 58 (Восемь стихотворений (Vosem' stikhotvorenij) = Eight Poems) no. 5, published 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 74

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