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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Chernyj vecher
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Chernyj vecher.
Belyj sneg.
Veter, veter!
Na nogakh ne stoit chelovek.
Veter, veter —
Na vsem bozh'em svete!

Zavivajet veter
Belyj snezhok.
Pod snezhkom — ledok.
Skol'zko, tjazhko,
Vsjakij khodok
Skol'zit — akh, bednjazhka!

Ot zdanija k zdaniju
Protjanut kanat.
Na kanate — plakat:
«Vsja vlast' Uchreditel'nomu Sobraniju!»
Starushka ubivajetsja — plachet,
Nikak ne pojmet, chto znachit,
Na chto takoj plakat,
Takoj ogromnyj loskut?
Skol'ko by vyshlo portjanok dlja rebjat,
A vsjakij — razdet, razut…

Starushka, kak kurica,
Koj-kak peremotnulas' cherez sugrob.
— Okh, Matushka-Zastupnica!
— Okh, bol'sheviki zagonjat v grob!

Veter khlestkij!
Ne otstajet i moroz!
I burzhuj na perekrestke
V vorotnik uprjatal nos.

A `eto kto? — Dlinnye volosy
I govorit vpolgolosa:
— Predateli!
— Pogibla Rossija!
Dolzhno byt', pisatel' —
Vitija…

A von i dolgopolyj —
Storonkoj — za sugrob…
Chtó nynche neveselyj,
Tovarishch pop?

Pomnish', kak byvalo
Brjukhom shel vpered,
I krestom sijalo
Brjukho na narod?..

Von barynja v karakule
K drugoj podvernulas':
— Uzh' my plakali, plakali…
Poskol'znulas'
I — bac — rastjanulas'!

Aj, aj!
Tjani, podymaj!

Veter veselyj
I zol, i rad.
Krutit podoly,
Prokhozhikh kósit,
Rvet, mnet i nosit
Bol'shoj plakat:
«Vsja vlast' Uchreditel'nomu Sobraniju»…
I slova donosit:

…I u nas bylo sobranije…
…Vot v `etom zdanii…
…Obsudili —
Postanovili:
Na vremja — desjat', ná noch' — dvadcat' pjat'…
…I men'she — ni s kogo ne brat'…
…Pojdem spat'…

Pozdnij vecher.
Pustejet ulica.
Odin brodjaga
Sutulitsja,
Da svishchet veter…

`Ej, bednjaga!
Podkhodi —
Pocelujemsja…

Khleba!
Chtó vperedi?
Prokhodi!

Chernoje, chernoje nebo.

Zloba, grustnaja zloba
Kipit v grudi…
Chernaja zloba, svjataja zloba…

Tovarishch! Gljadi
V oba!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, appears in Стихотворения. Книга третья (1907-1916), in 12. Двенадцать. Скифы (Dvenadcat'. Skify), no. 1, first published 1918 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-18
Line count: 83
Word count: 262

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