by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Smert`
Language: Russian (Русский) after the English
Oni umrut - i mertvy'm net vozvrata.
K mogile ix otkry'toj Skorb` idet,
Sedaya, slaby'm golosom zovet
To druga, to lyubovnika, to brata;
Naprasen plach, naprasen ston,
Oni [ushli]1 - i net dlya nix vozvrata,
Ot nix ostalsya tol`ko ryad imen.
Kak tyazhela rodny'x serdecz utrata!
Ne plach`, o, Skorb`, sestra dushi moej.
Ne plach`!
No ty' ne xochesh` uteshenij.
Ponyaten mne ves` gnet tvoix muchenij:
Ne zdes` li ty', s tolpoj svoix druzej,
V izby'tke sil vesnoyu naslazhdalas`?
O, kak by'la ty' moloda,
I kak zamanchivo togda
Tebe nadezhda uly'balas`!
Neprodolzhitel`na by'la tvoya vesna,
Mechty' volshebny'e umchalis`,
Ty' posedela, ty' - odna,
I ot druzej tvoix ostalis`
Odni pusty'e imena.
S. Blumenfel'd sets lines 1-8
1 Blumenfeld: "умрут"
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Text Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Смерть" [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "Death", first published 1824
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Смерть", op. 22 no. 1, published 1910, lines 1-8 [voice and piano], from Trois Mélodies, no. 1, Leipzig, Belaieff [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-02
Line count: 22
Word count: 108