by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Nezhdanny'j dozhd`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vsyo tuchki, tuchki, a krugom
Vsyo sozhzheno, vsyo umiraet.
Kakoj arxangel ix kry'lom
Ko mne na nivy' navevaet?

Povisnul dozhd`, kak legkij dy'm,
Naprasno step` krugom alkala,
I nado mnoyu lish` odnim
Zareyu raduga stoyala.

Smiris`, myatushhijsya poe`t -
S nebes nisxodit zhizni vlaga,
Chego ty' zhdyosh`, togo i net,
Lish` nezasluzhennoe - blago.

YA - nichego ya ne mogu;
Odin lish` mozhet, kto, moguchij,
Vozdvig prozrachnuyu dugu
I zhivonosny'e shlet tuchi.

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