Zhelanije
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Khotel by ja razlit'sja v mire, 
Khotel by s solncem v nebe tech', 
Zvezdoju v sumrachnom `efire
Nochnoj svetil'nik svoj zazhech'.

Khotel by zybiju stekljannoj
Igrat' v bezdonnoj glubine
Ili luchom zari rumjanoj
Skol'zit' po pleshchushchej volne.

Khotel by s tuchami skitat'sja, 
Tumanom vit'sja mezh kholmov
Il' bujnym vetrom razygrat'sja
V sedykh izgibakh oblakov;

Zhit' lastochkoj pod nebeami, 
K cvetam laskat'sja motyl'kom
Ili nad dikimi skalami
Nosit'sja derzostnym orlom.

Kak sladko bylo by v prirode
To zhizn' i radost' razlivat', 
To v gromakh, vikhrjakh, nepogode
Prostranstvo neba obtekat'!

Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST

Note on Transliterations

Show untransliterated (original) text

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 88