by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)
Kak chasto plachem ‑ vy' i ya
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kak chasto plachem - vy' i ya - Nad zhalkoj zhizniyu svoej! O, esli b znali vy', druz`ya, Xolod i mrak gryadushhix dnej! Teper` ty' miloj ruku zhmyosh`, Igraesh` s neyu, shutya, I plachesh` ty', zametiv lozh`, Ili v ruke lyubimoj nozh, Ditya, ditya! Lzhi i kovarstvu mery' net, A smert` - daleka. Vsyo budet chernee strashny'j svet, I vsyo bezumnej vixr` planet Eshhyo [veka]1, veka... I vek poslednij, uzhasnej vsex, Uvidim i vy' i ya - Vsyo nebo skroet gnusny'j grex, Na vsex ustax zasty'net smex, Toska neby'tiya. Vesny', ditya, ty' budesh` zhdat` - Vesna obmanet; Ty' budesh` solnce na nebo zvat` - Solnce ne vstanet, I [krik, kogda ty'...]2 nachnyosh` krichat`, Kak kamen`, kanet... Bud`te zh dovol`ny' zhizn`yu [svoej]3, Tishe vody', nizhe travy'! O, esli b znali deti, vy', Xolod i mrak gryadushhix dnej!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 omitted by Sviridov
2 Sviridov: "крик твой, когда" ("krik tvoj, kogda")
3 Sviridov: "своею" ("svojeju")
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "Голос их хора" [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Голос из хора", published 1975-1995 [ voice and piano ], from Петербург (Peterburg), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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