by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Svecha gorit i merknet
Language: Russian (Русский)
Svecha gorit i merknet i vnov' gorit sil'nej, No merknet bezvozvratno sijan'e junykh dnej, Gori zhe, razgorajsja, poka jeshjo ty jun, Sil'nej, polnej kasajsja serdechnykh zvonkikh strun. Chtob bylo chto pripomnit' na sklone trudnykh let, Chtob starosti kholodnoj svetil netlennyj svet - Mechtanij blagorodnykh, poryvov molodykh, Bezumnykh, no prekrasnykh, bezumnykh - i svjatykh.
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Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) [author's text not yet checked 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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Свеча горит и меркнет", op. 63 (Двенадцать романсов (Dvenadcat' romansov) = Twelve Romances) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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