Хоронил я тебя, и, тоскуя
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG
Хоронил я тебя, и, тоскуя,
Я растил на могиле цветы,
Но в лазури, звеня и ликуя,
Трепетала, блаженная, ты.
И к родимой земле я клонился,
И уйти за тобою хотел,
Но, когда я рыдал и молился,
Звонкий смех твой ко мне долетел.
Похоронные слёзы напрасны –-
Ты трепещешь, смеёшься, жива!
И растут на могиле прекрасной
Не цветы –- огневые слова!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "У могилы", op. 9 no. 2, published 1972 [ voice and orchestra ], from Shest' stikhotvorenij Aleksandra Bloka, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "У могилы", op. 9a no. 2, published 1972 [ voice and piano ], from Shest' stikhotvorenij Aleksandra Bloka, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "At the grave", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
At the grave
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский)
When I buried you, grieving and mourning
I was planting the flowers at your grave.
But I saw you were soaring in azure –-
So triumphant, and vibrant, and blessed.
And then I bent my knees to the ground,
And I wanted to follow you there,
But amidst of my weeping and praying
I was hearing your laugh in my ear.
All the funeral tears are in vain,
You are fluttering, laughing, alive,
And your beautiful tomb all is covered
Not with flowers –- but with glowing words!
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 88