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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Альбатрос
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Над пустыней ночною морей альбатрос одинокий,
Разрезая ударами крыльев солёный туман,
Любовался, как царством своим, этой бездной широкой,
И, едва колыхаясь, качался под ним Океан.

И порой омрачаясь, далёко, на небе холодном,
Одиноко плыла, одиноко горела Луна.
О, блаженство быть сильным и гордым и вечно свободным!
Одиночество! Мир тебе! Море, покой, тишина!

Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Полное собрание стихов. Том второй. Издание четвертое, М.: Изд. Скорпион, 1914.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Альбатрос", written 1899, appears in Горящие здания (Gorjashchije zdanija), in 11. Безветрие (Bezvetrije), no. 1 [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 Elizabeta Vladimirovna Kashperova , "Альбатрос", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Slonov [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "Альбатрос", op. 2 no. 7 (1903-1906), published 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Из юношеских лет, 12 романсов на слова К. Бальмонта (Iz junosheskikh let) = The Days of Youth, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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