by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Veter pereljotnyj oblaskal menja
Language: Russian (Русский)
Veter pereljotnyj oblaskal menja I shepnul pechal'no: «Noch' sil'neje dnja». I zakat pomerknul. Tuchi pocherneli. Drognuli, smutilis' pasmurnye jeli. I nad tjomnym morem, gde krutilsja val, Veter pereljotnyj zyb'ju probezhal. Noch' carila v mire. A mezh tem daljoko, Zá morem zazhglosja ognennoje oko. Novyj raspustilsja v nebesakh cvetok, Svetom vozrozhdjonnym zablistal Vostok. Veter izmenilsja, i pakhnul mne v ochi, I shepnul s usmeshkoj: «Den' sil'neje nochi».
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Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Полное собрание стихов. Том первый. Издание четвертое, М.: Изд. Скорпион, 1914.
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Text Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in В безбрежности (V bezbrezhnosti), in 2. За пределы (Za predely), no. 26 [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 Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (1896 - c1938), "Ветер перелётный", published 1952 [ voice and piano ], Kyiv [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Ветер перелётный", op. 34 (Четырнадцать романсов = Chetyrnadcat' romansov (Fourteen songs)) no. 4 (1912) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Fyodorovich Saliman-Vladimirov (1903 - 1992), "Ветер перелётный", published 1976 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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