Элегия | В тумане дремлет ночь. Безмолвная звезда

by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Ėlegija

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER GER

V tumane dremlet noč'. Bezmolvnaja zvezda 
Skvoz' dymku oblakov mercaet odinoko.
Zvenjat bubencami unylo i daleko
Konej pasuščichsja stada.
Kak noči oblaka, izmenčivye dumy 
Nesutsja nado mnoj, trevožny i ugrjumy; 
V nich otbleski nadežd, kogda-to dorogich, 
Davno poterjannych, davno už ne živych.
V nich sožalenija... i slëzy.
Nesutsja dumy te bez celi i konca,
To, prevratjas' v čerty ljubimogo lica,
Zovut, roždaja vnov' v duše bylye grëzy:
To, slivšis' v černyj mrak, polny nemoj ugrozy
Grjaduščego bor'boj pugajut robkij um,
I slyšitsja vdali. Nestrojnoj žizni šum,
Tolpy bezdušnoj smech, vraždy kovarnyj ropot,
Žitejskoj meloči nazaglušimyj šopot,
Unylyj smerti zvon!... 
Predvestnica zvezda, kak budto polnaja styda,
Skryvaet svetlyj lik v tumane bezotradnom,
Kak buduščnost' moja, nemom i neprogljadnom.

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Элегия", 1874, published 1874, from Без солнца = Bez solnca, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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