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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Tuman vstajot na dne stremnin
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tuman vstajot na dne stremnin,
Sredi polunochnoj prokhlady
Sil'neje pakhnet dikij tmin,
Gremjat slyshneje vodopady.
Kak oslepitel'na luna!
Kak gor ochercheny vershiny!
V srebristom sumrake vidna
Vnizu Bajdarskaja dolina.
Nad nami svetjat nebesa,
Chernejet bezdna pered nami,
Drozhit blestjashchaja rosa
Na list'jakh krupnymi slezami…

Dushe legko. Ne slyshu ja
Okov zemnogo bytija,
Net mesta strakhu, ni nadezhde,—
Chto budet vpred', chto bylo prezhde —
Mne vsjo ravno — i chto menja
Vsegda kak cep' k zemle tjanulo,
Ischezlo vsjo s trevogoj dnja,
Vsjo v lunnom bleske potonulo…

Kuda zhe mysl' unesena?
Chto jej tak viditsja dremlivo?
Ne sred' volshebnogo li sna
My jedem vmeste vdol' obryva?
Ty l' `eto, robosti polna,
Ko mne sklonilas' molchalivo?
Uzhel' ja vizhu ne vo sne,
Kak zvjozdy bleshchut v vyshine,
Kak kon' stupajet ostorozhno,
Kak dyshit grud' tvoja trevozhno?
Il' pri obmanchivoj lune
Menja lish' draznit prizrak lozhnyj
I `eto son? O, jesli b mne
Prosnut'sja bylo nevozmozhno!

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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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