by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)
Kak chasto plachem ‑ vy i ja
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kak chasto plachem - vy i ja - Nad zhalkoj zhizniju svojej! O, jesli b znali vy, druz'ja, Kholod i mrak grjadushchikh dnej! Teper' ty miloj ruku zhmjosh', Igrajesh' s neju, shutja, I plachesh' ty, zametiv lozh', Ili v ruke ljubimoj nozh, Ditja, ditja! Lzhi i kovarstvu mery net, A smert' - daleka. Vsjo budet cherneje strashnyj svet, I vsjo bezumnej vikhr' planet Jeshchjo [veka]1, veka... I vek poslednij, uzhasnej vsekh, Uvidim i vy i ja - Vsjo nebo skrojet gnusnyj grekh, Na vsekh ustakh zastynet smekh, Toska nebytija. Vesny, ditja, ty budesh' zhdat' - Vesna obmanet; Ty budesh' solnce na nebo zvat' - Solnce ne vstanet, I [krik, kogda ty...]2 nachnjosh' krichat', Kak kamen', kanet... Bud'te zh dovol'ny zhizn'ju [svojej]3, Tishe vody, nizhe travy! O, jesli b znali deti, vy, Kholod i mrak grjadushchikh dnej!
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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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