[Landy'shi-lyutiki]1. Laski lyubovny'e.
Lastochki lepet. Lobzan`e luchej.
Les zeleneyushhij. Lug rasczvetayushhij.
Svetly'j svobodny'j zhurchashhij ruchej.

Den` dogoraet. Zakat zagoraetsya.
Shyopotom, ropotom roshhi polny'.
Novy'j vostorg voskresaet dlya zhitelej 
Skazochnoj svetloj svobodnoj strany'.

Vetra vechernego vzdox zamirayushhij.
Polnoj Luny' peremenchivy'j lik.
Radost` bezumnaya. Grust` neponyatnaya.
Mig nevozmozhnogo. Schastiya mig.

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¹ Matyukhin: "Лютики, ландыши"; further changes may exist not shown above.

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• by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Песня без слов", appears in Под северным небом : Элегии, стансы, сонеты (Pod severnym nebom : Elegii, stansy, sonety), no. 42 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "Ландыши-лютики", op. 14 (Шесть романсов ) no. 1 (1896), published 1896, Moscow, P. Jurgenson [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky (1874 - 1936), "Ландыши, лютики", op. 16 (Три лирических романса (Tri liricheskikh romansa)) no. 3 (1920), published 1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Песня без слов" [sung text not yet checked]

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