Otčalila lodka… Čut' brezžil rassvet…
V ušach razdavalsja [proščal'nyj]1 privet,
Dyšal on neždannoju laskoj…
Svincovoe more šumelo krugom…
Vsë ėto mne kažetsja sladostnym snom,
Volšebnoj, nesbytočnoj skazkoj!

O net, to ne son byl! V dali goluboj
Dve belye čajki neslis' nad vodoj,
I serye tučki leteli, --
I vsë, čto skazat' ja ne mog, ne uspel,
Kipelo v duše... i vostok čut' alel,
I volny šumeli, šumeli!

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Confirmed with А.Н.Апухтин, Стихотворения. Библиотека поэта. Большая серия. 2-е изд., Ленинград: Советский писатель, 1961.

¹ Prokofiev: "последний" (poslednij)

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Authorship

• by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, written 1879 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Pallady Andreyevich Bogdanov (1881 - 1971), "Отчалила лодка" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Отчалила лодка", op. 63 no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), "Отчалила лодка", op. 9 no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le bateau s'en va", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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