by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)
Slabeet zhizni gul uporny'j
Language: Russian (Русский)
Slabeet zhizni gul uporny'j, Uxodit vspyat` priliv zabot. I nekij vetr skvoz` barxat cherny'j O zhizni budushhej poyot. Ochnus` li ya v drugoj otchizne, Ne v e`toj sumrachnoj strane? I pamyat`yu ob e`toj zhizni Vzdoxnu l` kogda-nibud` vo sne? Kto dast mne zhizn`? Potomok dozha, Kupecz, ry'bak, il` ierej V gryadushhem mrake delit lozhe S gryadushhej mater`yu moej? By't` mozhet, venecejskoj devy' Kanczonoj nezhnoj slux plenya, Otecz gryadushhij skvoz` napevy' Uzhe predchuvstvuet menya? I neuzhel` v gryadushhem veke Mladenczu mne — velit sud`ba Vpervy'e drognuvshie veki Otkry't` u l`vinogo stolba? Mat`, chtó poyut gluxie struny'? Uzh ty' mechtaesh`, mozhet by't`, Menya ot vetra, ot laguny' Svyashhennoj shal`yu ogradit`? Net! Vsyo, chto est`, chto by'lo,— zhivo! Mechty', viden`ya, dumy' — proch`! Volna vozvratnogo priliva Brosaet v barxatnuyu noch`!
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, appears in Стихотворения. Книга третья (1907-1916), in 4. Итальянских стихов (Ital'janskikh stikhov), in Венеция (Venecija), no. 3, first published 1909 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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