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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Kogda ya prozreval
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Kogda ya prozreval vpervy'e,
Navstrechu zhazhdushhej mechte
Luchi metnulis` zarevy'e
I trubny'j angel v vy'sote.

No torzhestva ne vy'nosila
Pusty'nnoj zhizni sueta,
Bezzuby'm smexom iskazila
Vsyo, chem zhiva by'la mechta.

Zamolkli angel`skie truby',
Nemotstvuet dnevnaya noch`.
Verni mne, zhizn`, xot` smex bezzuby'j,
Chtob v tishine ne iznemoch`!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), written 1909 [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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Когда я прозревал", op. 62 (Семь романсов (Sem' romansov) = Seven Romances) no. 5 (1912), published 1914 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 47

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