by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)
Opjat' vesna! Opjat' kakoj‑to genij
Language: Russian (Русский)
Opjat' vesna! [Opjat' kakoj-to]1 genij Mne šepčet neznakomye slova, I serdce žaždët novych pesnopenij, I v zabyt'i kružitsja golova. [Opjat' krugom zazeleneli]2 nivy, Čeremucha cvetet, blestit rosa, I nad zemlej, svetly i gordelivy, Kak kupol chrama, bleščut nebesa.3 No ėtoj žizni mne teper' už malo, Duša moja toskoj otravlena... Ne tak ona javljalas' mne, byvalo, Krasavica, volšebnica-vesna! Sperva rebenka jazyku prirody Ona, smejas', učila v tišine, I dlja menja sbirala chorovody, I pervyj stich našeptyvala mne. Potom, kogda s trevogoj neponjatnoj Zažglasja v serdce otroka ljubov', Ona prišla i reč'ju blagodatnoj Živila sny i volnovala krov': Svidanija vljublennym naznačala, Ždala, tomilas' s nami zaodno, Melodiej po klavišam zvučala, Vryvalasja v raskrytoe okno. Teper' na žizn' gljažu ja okom muža, I k serdcu moemu, kak v dver' tjur'my, Už načala podkradyvat'sja stuža, Pečal'naja predvestnica zimy... Prochodjat dni bez strasti i bez dela, I č'ja-to ten' gljadit iz-za ugla... Čto ž, neuželi junost' uletela? Uželi žizn' prošla i otcvela? Pogibnu l' ja v bor'be svjatoj i čestnoj Il' prosto tak umru v ob"jat'jach sna,- Javisja mne v moej mogile tesnoj, Krasavica, volšebnica-vesna! Pokroj menja travoj i svežim dernom, Kak prežde, razukras' svoi čerty, I nad moim zabytym trupom černym Rassyp' svoi ljubimye cvety!..
G. Catoire sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Catoire: "Опять весна какой-то" ("Opjat' vesna kakoj-to")
2 Catoire: "Опять весна! Зазеленели" (Opjat' vesna! Zazeleneli")
3 Catoire adds "Опять весна!" ("Opjat' vesna!")
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, written 1862 [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 Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "Опять весна", op. 40 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from Песни любви и печали = Pesni ljubvi i pechali (Songs of Love and Sorrow), no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgi Lvovitch Catoire (1861 - 1926), "Опять весна", op. 9 no. 1, published 1898, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Стихотворений Апухтина, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Petrovich Koptyayev (1868 - 1941), "Опять весна", op. 16 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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