by Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin (1743 - 1816)
Potoplenie
Language: Russian (Русский)
Iz-za oblak mesyacz, krasny'j Vstal i smotritsya v reke, Skvoz` tuman i mrak uzhasny'j Putnik edet v chelnoke. Blesk luny' pred nim sverkaet, On grebet skvoz` voln i t`mu; My'sl` vesel`e vobrazhaet, Bereg viditsya emu. No chelnok vdrug pogruzilsya, Putnik mrachnu p`et volnu; Skol` ni sililsya, ni bilsya, Kamnem vniz poshel ko dnu. Se vid zhizni skorotechnoj! Skol` nadezhda nam ni l`sti, Vse potonem v bezdne vechnoj, Druzhba i lyubov`, 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 ]
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Word count: 71