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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Devushka pela
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Devushka pela v cerkovnom xore
O vsex ustaly'x v chuzhom krayu,
O vsex korablyax, ushedshix v more,
O vsex zaby'vshix radost` svoyu.

Tak pel eyo golos letyashhij v kupol,
I luch siyal na belom pleche,
I kazhdy'j iz mraka smotrel i slushal,
Kak beloe plat`e pelo v luche.

I vsem kazalos`, chto radost` budet,
Chto v tixoj zavodi vse korabli,
Chto na chuzhbine ustaly'e lyudi
Svetluyu zhizn` sebe obreli.

I golos by'l sladok, i luch by'l tonok,
I tol`ko vy'soko u czarskix vrat 
Prichastny'j tajnam, plakal rebyonok
O tom, chto nikto ne pridyot nazad.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921) [author's text not yet checked 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 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sidorov (b. 1956), "Девушка пела" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872 - 1956), "Девушка пела" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 94

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