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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

…Vdal` idut derzhavny'm shagom…
Language: Russian (Русский) 
…Vdal` idut derzhavny'm shagom…
— Kto eshhe tam? Vy'xodi!
E`to — veter s krasny'm flagom
Razy'gralsya vperedi…

Vperedi — sugrob xolodny'j,
— Kto v sugrobe — vy'xodi!..
Tol`ko nishhij pes golodny'j
Kovy'lyaet pozadi…

— Otvyazhis` ty', sheludivy'j,
YA shty'kom poshhekochu!
Stary'j mir, kak pes parshivy'j,
Provalis` — pokolochu!

…Skalit zuby' — volk golodny'j —
Xvost podzhal — ne otstaet —
Pes xolodny'j — pes bezrodny'j…
— E`j, otkliknis`, kto idet?

— Kto tam mashet krasny'm flagom?
— Priglyadis`-ka, e`ka t`ma!
— Kto tam xodit begly'm shagom,
Xoronyas` za vse doma?

— Vse ravno, tebya dobudu,
Luchshe sdajsya mne zhiv`em!
— E`j, tovarishh, budet xudo,
Vy'xodi, strelyat` nachnem!

Trax-tax-tax! — I tol`ko e`xo
Otklikaetsya v domax…
Tol`ko v`yuga dolgim smexom
Zalivaetsya v snegax…

Trax-tax-tax!
Trax-tax-tax…

…Tak idut 
derzhavny'm shagom,
Pozadi — golodny'j pes,
Vperedi — s krovavy'm flagom,
I za v`yugoj, nevidim,
I ot puli nevredim,
Nezhnoj postup`yu nadv`yuzhnoj,
Snezhnoj rossy'p`yu zhemchuzhnoj,
V belom venchike iz roz —
Vperedi — Isus Xristos.

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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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