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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Не спят, не помнят, не торгуют
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Не спят, не помнят, не торгуют. 
Над чёрным городом, как стон,
Стоит, терзая ночь глухую,
Торжественный пасхальный звон. 

Над человеческим созданьем,
Которое он в землю вбил,
Над смрадом, смертью и страданьем
Трезвонят до потери сил... 

Над мировою чепухою;
Над всем, чему нельзя помочь;
Звонят над шубкой меховою,

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), first published 1909 [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 Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "Не спят, не помнят, не торгуют" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1889 - 1952), "Не спят, не помнят" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 47

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