by Nikolai Yakovlevich Agnivtsev (1888 - 1932)
Ballada o korole
Language: Russian (Русский)
Zatjanut shelkom tronnyj zal! Na vsju stranu segodnja Korol' dajot besschetnyj bal Po milosti Gospodnej. Kak i vsegda, korol' tam byl Galanten neizmenno, I pered damoj preklonil Vysokoje koleno. Staryj shut, pokosivshis' na zal, Podnjal tonkuju brov' i skazal: «On vsegda posle bala veselogo Vozvrashchajetsja bez golovy. Kak legko Vy terjajete golovu! Akh! Korol', kak rassejany Vy». Zatjanut krasnym tronnyj zal! Na vsju stranu segodnja Narod dajot svoj pervyj bal Bez milosti Gospodnej. Kak i vsegda, korol' tam byl Galanten neizmenno, I pod nozhom on preklonil Vysokoje koleno. Staryj shut, pokosivshis' na zal, Podnjal tonkuju brov' i skazal: «On vsegda posle bala veselogo Vozvrashchajetsja bez golovy. Kak legko Vy terjajete golovu, Moj Korol', kak rassejany Vy!»
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- by Nikolai Yakovlevich Agnivtsev (1888 - 1932) [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 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vertinsky (1889 - 1957), "Баллада о короле" [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 116