by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Al'batros
Language: Russian (Русский)
Nad pustynej nochnoju morej al'batros odinokij, Razrezaja udarami kryl'ev soljonyj tuman, Ljubovalsja, kak carstvom svoim, `etoj bezdnoj shirokoj, I, jedva kolykhajas', kachalsja pod nim Okean. I poroj omrachajas', daljoko, na nebe kholodnom, Odinoko plyla, odinoko gorela Luna. O, blazhenstvo byt' sil'nym i gordym i vechno svobodnym! Odinochestvo! Mir tebe! More, pokoj, tishina!
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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