Velikaya tajna
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tuchi nosyat vodu,
Voda poit zemlyu,
Zemlya plod prinosit;
Bezdna zvyozd na nebe,
Bezdna zhizni v mire;
To mrachna, to svetla
Chudnaya priroda…

Stareyas` v somnen`yax
O velikix tajnax,
Idut nevozvratno
Veki za vekami;
U kazhdogo veka
Vechnost` voproshaet:
«Chem konchilos` delo?» —
«Voprosi drugova», —
Kazhdy'j otvechaet.

Smely'j um s mol`boyu
Mchitsya k Providen`yu.
Ty' povedaj my'slyam
Tajnu six sozdanij!
Shlyut otvet, vnov` tajny'j,
Chudesa prirody',
Tishinoj i burej
My'sli izumlyaya…

Chto zhe sovershitsya
V budushhem s prirodoj?..
O, gori, lampada,
Yarche pred Raspyat`em!
Tyazhely' mne dumy',
Sladostna molitva!

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Georg Göhler.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-04
Line count: 30
Word count: 90