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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Был май, и веяло теплом
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Был май, и веяло теплом, 
Сады цвели благоухая, 
Под ярким солнечным лучом 
Волна сверкала голубая. 

И тихий шум ветвей густых 
Свободных птичек вторил пенью; 
Привет в весёлых песнях их 
Звучал природы возрожденью. 

Но мрак царил в душе моей... 
Недавней поражён утратой, 
Я, средь смеющихся полей, 
Уныло шёл, тоской объятый. 

Небесный купол мне сиял, 
Но я могилы видел своды... 
И отвращение внушал 
Мне пир ликующей природы.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), no title, written 1881 [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 Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Был Май", op. 28 (3 romansa) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 65

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