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by Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin (1743 - 1816)

Potoplenie
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Iz-za oblak mesjac, krasnyj
Vstal i smotritsja v reke,
Skvoz' tuman i mrak užasnyj
Putnik edet v čelnoke.
Blesk luny pred nim sverkaet,
On grebet skvoz' voln i t'mu;
Mysl' vesel'e vobražaet,
Bereg viditsja emu.
No čelnok vdrug pogruzilsja,
Putnik mračnu p'et volnu;
Skol' ni sililsja, ni bilsja,
Kamnem vniz pošel ko dnu.
Se vid žizni skorotečnoj!
Skol' nadežda nam ni l'sti,
Vse potonem v bezdne večnoj,
Družba i ljubov', prosti!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin (1743 - 1816), "Потопление", written 1796 [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 A. Shaposhnikov (flourished c1816), "Потопление" [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

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