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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

…Vdal' idut deržavnym šagom…
Language: Russian (Русский) 
…Vdal' idut deržavnym šagom…
— Kto ešče tam? Vychodi!
Ėto — veter s krasnym flagom
Razygralsja vperedi…

Vperedi — sugrob cholodnyj,
— Kto v sugrobe — vychodi!..
Tol'ko niščij pes golodnyj
Kovyljaet pozadi…

— Otvjažis' ty, šeludivyj,
JA štykom poščekoču!
Staryj mir, kak pes paršivyj,
Provalis' — pokoloču!

…Skalit zuby — volk golodnyj —
Chvost podžal — ne otstaet —
Pes cholodnyj — pes bezrodnyj…
— Ėj, otkliknis', kto idet?

— Kto tam mašet krasnym flagom?
— Prigljadis'-ka, ėka t'ma!
— Kto tam chodit beglym šagom,
Choronjas' za vse doma?

— Vse ravno, tebja dobudu,
Lučše sdajsja mne živ'em!
— Ėj, tovarišč, budet chudo,
Vychodi, streljat' načnem!

Trach-tach-tach! — I tol'ko ėcho
Otklikaetsja v domach…
Tol'ko v'juga dolgim smechom
Zalivaetsja v snegach…

Trach-tach-tach!
Trach-tach-tach…

…Tak idut 
deržavnym šagom,
Pozadi — golodnyj pes,
Vperedi — s krovavym flagom,
I za v'jugoj, nevidim,
I ot puli nevredim,
Nežnoj postup'ju nadv'južnoj,
Snežnoj rossyp'ju žemčužnoj,
V belom venčike iz roz —
Vperedi — Isus Christos.

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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. 12, first published 1918 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-18
Line count: 40
Word count: 161

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