Буря | О, как безумно за окном

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

O, kak bezumno za oknom

Language: Russian (Русский)

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O, kak bezumno za oknom
Revjot, bushujet burja zlaja,
Nesutsja tuchi, l'jut dozhdjom,
I veter vojet, zamiraja!
Uzhasna noch'! V takuju noch'
Mne zhal' ljudej, lishjonnykh krova,
Sozhalen'e gonit proch' -
V ob"jat'ja kholoda syrogo!
Borot'sja s mrakom i dozhdjom,
Stradalcev uchast' razdeljaja...
O, kak bezumno za oknom
Bushujet veter, iznyvaja!

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Note: the poem is preceded by the following epigraph:

Вы, бедные, нагие несчастливцы.
Лир

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, written 1899, appears in Стихотворения 1897—1903 гг, не вошедшие в основное собрание, in Разные стихотворения, no. 122, first published 1899 [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Буря", op. 127 no. 5 [ soprano, violin, and piano ], from Семь Стихотворений А. Блока: вокально-инструментальная сюита = Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Bloka, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Буря", op. 9 no. 5, published 1972 [ voice and orchestra ], from Shest' stikhotvorenij Aleksandra Bloka, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Буря", op. 9a no. 5, published 1972 [ voice and piano ], from Shest' stikhotvorenij Aleksandra Bloka, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 50