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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Tuman vstaët na dne stremnin
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tuman vstaët na dne stremnin,
Sredi polunočnoj prochlady
Sil'nee pachnet dikij tmin,
Gremjat slyšnee vodopady.
Kak oslepitel'na luna!
Kak gor očerčeny veršiny!
V srebristom sumrake vidna
Vnizu Bajdarskaja dolina.
Nad nami svetjat nebesa,
Černeet bezdna pered nami,
Drožit blestjaščaja rosa
Na list'jach krupnymi slezami…

Duše legko. Ne slyšu ja
Okov zemnogo bytija,
Net mesta strachu, ni nadežde,—
Čto budet vpred', čto bylo prežde —
Mne vsë ravno — i čto menja
Vsegda kak cep' k zemle tjanulo,
Isčezlo vsë s trevogoj dnja,
Vsë v lunnom bleske potonulo…

Kuda že mysl' unesena?
Čto ej tak viditsja dremlivo?
Ne sred' volšebnogo li sna
My edem vmeste vdol' obryva?
Ty l' ėto, robosti polna,
Ko mne sklonilas' molčalivo?
Užel' ja vižu ne vo sne,
Kak zvëzdy bleščut v vyšine,
Kak kon' stupaet ostorožno,
Kak dyšit grud' tvoja trevožno?
Il' pri obmančivoj lune
Menja liš' draznit prizrak ložnyj
I ėto son? O, esli b mne
Prosnut'sja bylo nevozmožno!

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Confirmed with А. К. Толстой, Сочинения : в 2 т., М.: Художественная литература, 1981. — Т. 1. Стихотворения.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, appears in Крымские очерки (Krymskije ocherki), no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-01
Line count: 34
Word count: 154

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