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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Za gremučuju doblest' grjaduščich vekov
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Za gremučuju doblest' grjaduščich vekov,
Za vysokoe plemja ljudej
JA lišilsja i čaši na pire otcov,
I vesel'ja, i česti svoej.

Mne na pleči kidaetsja vek-volkodav,
No ne volk ja po krovi svoej,
Zapichaj menja lučše, kak šapku, v rukav
Žarkoj šuby sibirskich stepej.

Čtob ne videt' ni trusa, ni chlipkoj grjazcy,
Ni krovavych kostej v kolese,
Čtob sijali vsju noč' golubye pescy
Mne v svoej pervobytnoj krase,

Uvedi menja v noč', gde tečet Enisej
I sosna do zvezdy dostaet,
Potomu čto ne volk ja po krovi svoej
I menja tol'ko ravnyj ub'et.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938) [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 Valentin Vasilovich Silvestrov (b. 1937), "За гремучую доблесть грядущих веков", 1982 [ baritone and piano ], from Четыре песни на стихи Осипа Мандельштама, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

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