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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Ja po pervomu snegu bredu
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja po pervomu snegu bredu.
V serdce landyshi vspykhnuvshikh sil.
Vecher sineju svechkoj zvezdu
Nad dorogoj mojej zasvetil.

Ja ne znaju — to svet ili mrak?
V chashche veter pojot il' petukh?
Mozhet, vmesto zimy na poljakh,
`Eto lebedi seli na lug.

Khorosha ty, o belaja glad'!
Grejet krov' moju ljogkij moroz.
Tak i khochetsja k telu prizhat'
Obnazhjonnye grudi berjoz.

O lesnaja, dremuchaja mut'!
O vesel'e osnezhennykh niv!
Tak i khochetsja ruki somknut'
Nad drevesnymi bjodrami iv.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), no title, written 1917 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Я по первому снегу бреду" [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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