Элегия | В тумане дремлет ночь. Безмолвная звезда

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

`Elegija

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER GER

V tumane dremlet noch'. Bezmolvnaja zvezda 
Skvoz' dymku oblakov mercajet odinoko.
Zvenjat bubencami unylo i daleko
Konej pasushchikhsja stada.
Kak nochi oblaka, izmenchivye dumy 
Nesutsja nado mnoj, trevozhny i ugrjumy; 
V nikh otbleski nadezhd, kogda-to dorogikh, 
Davno poterjannykh, davno uzh ne zhivykh.
V nikh sozhalenija... i sljozy.
Nesutsja dumy te bez celi i konca,
To, prevratjas' v cherty ljubimogo lica,
Zovut, rozhdaja vnov' v dushe bylye grjozy:
To, slivshis' v chernyj mrak, polny nemoj ugrozy
Grjadushchego bor'boj pugajut robkij um,
I slyshitsja vdali. Nestrojnoj zhizni shum,
Tolpy bezdushnoj smekh, vrazhdy kovarnyj ropot,
Zhitejskoj melochi nazaglushimyj shopot,
Unylyj smerti zvon!... 
Predvestnica zvezda, kak budto polnaja styda,
Skryvajet svetlyj lik v tumane bezotradnom,
Kak budushchnost' 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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