by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Volki
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kogda v sjolakh pustejet, Smolknut pesni seljan I sedoj zabelejet Nad bolotom tuman, Iz lesov tikhomolkom Po poljam volk za volkom Otpravljajutsja vse na dobychu. Sem' volkov idut smelo. Vperedi ikh idjot Volk os'moj, shersti beloj; A tainstvennyj khod Zakljuchajet devjatyj. S okrovavlennoj pjatoj On za nimi idjot i khromajet. Ikh nichto ne pugajet. Na selo li im put', Pjos na nikh i ne lajet; A muzhik i dokhnut', Vidja ikh, ne posmejet: On ot strakhu blednejet I chitajet tikhon'ko molitvu. Volki cerkov' obkhodjat Ostorozhno krugom, V dvor popovskij zakhodjat I sheveljat khvostom, Bliz korchmy vodjat ukhom I vnimajut vsem slukhom, Ne vedutsja l' tam greshnye rechi? Ikh glaza slovno svechi, Zuby shila ostrej. Ty trinadcat' kartechej Koz'ej sherst'ju zabej I streljaj po nim smelo, Prezhde rukhnet volk belyj, A za nim upadut i drugije. Na sele zh, kogda spjashchikh Vsekh razbudit petukh, Ty uvidish' lezhashchikh Devjat' mjortvykh starukh. Vperedi ikh sedaja, Pozadi ikh khromaja, Vse v krovi… s nami sila Gospodnja!
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Authorship:
- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), "Волки", written 1840 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- 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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