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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Volki
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Kogda v sëlach pusteet,
Smolknut pesni seljan
I sedoj zabeleet
Nad bolotom tuman,
Iz lesov tichomolkom
Po poljam volk za volkom
Otpravljajutsja vse na dobyču.

Sem' volkov idut smelo.
Vperedi ich idët
Volk os'moj, šersti beloj;
A tainstvennyj chod
Zaključaet devjatyj.
S okrovavlennoj pjatoj
On za nimi idët i chromaet.

Ich ničto ne pugaet.
Na selo li im put',
Pës na nich i ne laet;
A mužik i dochnut',
Vidja ich, ne posmeet:
On ot strachu bledneet
I čitaet tichon'ko molitvu.

Volki cerkov' obchodjat
Ostorožno krugom,
V dvor popovskij zachodjat
I ševeljat chvostom,
Bliz korčmy vodjat uchom
I vnimajut vsem sluchom,
Ne vedutsja l' tam grešnye reči?

Ich glaza slovno sveči,
Zuby šila ostrej.
Ty trinadcat' kartečej
Koz'ej šerst'ju zabej
I streljaj po nim smelo,
Prežde ruchnet volk belyj,
A za nim upadut i drugie.

Na sele ž, kogda spjaščich
Vsech razbudit petuch,
Ty uvidiš' ležaščich
Devjat' mërtvych staruch.
Vperedi ich sedaja,
Pozadi ich chromaja,
Vse v krovi… s nami sila Gospodnja!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), "Волки", written 1840 [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Волки", op. 58 [sung text not yet checked]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (1807 - 1893) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-24
Line count: 42
Word count: 162

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