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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Nikogda ja ne byl na Bosfore
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Nikogda ja ne byl na Bosfore,
Ty menja ne sprašivaj o nem.
JA v tvoich glazach uvidel more,
Polychajuščee golubym ognem.

Ne chodil v Bagdad ja s karavanom,
Ne vozil ja šelk tuda i chnu.
Naklonis' svoim krasivym stanom,
Na kolenjach daj mne otdochnut'.

Ili snova, skol'ko ni prosi ja,
Dlja tebja naveki dela net,
Čto v dalekom imeni — Rossija —
JA izvestnyj, priznannyj poėt.

U menja v duše zvenit tal'janka,
Pri lune sobačij slyšu laj.
Razve ty ne chočeš', persijanka,
Uvidat' dalekij, sinij kraj?

JA sjuda priechal ne ot skuki —
Ty menja, nezrimaja, zvala.
I menja tvoi lebjaž'i ruki
Obvivali, slovno dva kryla.

JA davno išču v sud'be pokoja,
I chot' prošloj žizni ne kljanu,
Rasskaži mne čto-nibud' takoe
Pro tvoju veseluju stranu.

Zagluši v duše tosku tal'janki,
Napoi dychan'em svežich čar,
Čtoby ja o dal'nej severjanke
Ne vzdychal, ne dumal, ne skučal.

I chotja ja ne byl na Bosfore —
JA tebe pridumaju o nem.
Vse ravno — glaza tvoi, kak more,
Golubym kolyšutsja ognem.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), no title, written 1924 [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 Grigory Fedorovich Ponomarenko (1921 - 1996), "Никогда я не был на Босфоре" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-22
Line count: 32
Word count: 169

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