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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Отвори мне, страж заоблачный
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Отвори мне, страж заоблачный, 
Голубые двери дня. 
Белый ангел этой полночью 
Моего увел коня. 

Богу лишнего не надобно, 
Конь мой – мощь моя и крепь. 
Слышу я, как ржет он жалобно, 
Закусив златую цепь. 

Вижу, как он бьется, мечется, 
Теребя тугой аркан, 
И летит с него, как с месяца, 
Шерсть буланая в туман.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925) [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Отвори мне, страж заоблачный", 1977 [ baritone and piano ], from Отчалившая Русь (Otchalivshaja Rus'), no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

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