Toska stepej
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Zvuk zurny' zvenit, zvenit, zvenit, zvenit,
Zvon steblej, kovy'l`, poyot, poyot, poyot,
Serp vremyon gorit, skvoz` son, gorit, gorit,
Slyozny'j ston rastyot, rastyot, rastyot, rastyot.

Dal` stepej, ne mig, ne chas, ne den`, ne god,
Shir` stepej, no net, no net, no net putej,
T`ma nochej, nemoj, nemoj tot zvyozdny'j svod,
Rovnost` dnej, v nix zov, no chej, no chej, no chej?

Mat`, otecz, gde vse, gde vse — sem`i moej?
Son vesny' — blesnul, no spit, no spit, no spit,
Dal` zovyot, za nej, zovyot, za nej, za nej,
Zvuk zurny' zvenit, zvenit, zvenit, zvenit.

Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Зарево зорь, — М: Гриф, 1912.


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