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by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924)

Тяжела, бесцветна и пуста
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Тяжела, бесцветна и пуста
  Надмогильная плита.

Имя стерто, даже рыжий мох
  Искривился и засох.

Маргаритки беленький цветок
  Доживает краткий срок.

Ива наклонила на скамью
  Тень дрожащую свою,

Шелестом старается сказать
  Проходящему: ,,Присядь!``

Вдалеке, за серебром ракит,
  Серебро реки блестит.

Сзади - старой церкви вышина,
  В землю вросшая стена.

Над травой немеющих могил
  Ветер веял, и застыл.

Застывая, прошептал в тени:
  ,,Были бури. Сон настал. Усни!``

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Text Authorship:

  • by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924), first published 1911 [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 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Тяжела, бесцветна и пуста", op. 28 (Семь стихотворений (Sem' stikhotvorenij)) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 64

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