Song Cycle by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-)

1. Vesjolyje okna

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, from the cycle "Stikhi o prekrasnoj dame", published 1902

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ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov)

Slyshu kolokol. V pole vesna.
Ty otkryla vesjolye okna.
Den' smejalsja i gas. Ty sledila odna
Oblakov rozovatykh volokna.

Smekh proshjol po licu, no zamolk i ischez:
Chto zhe mimo proshlo i smutilo?
Ukhozhu v rozovejushchij les
Ty zabudesh' menja, kak prostila.

2. U mogily

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, published 1902

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ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Khoronil ja tebja, i, toskuja,
Ja rastil na mogile cvety,
No v lazuri, zvenja i likuja,
Trepetala, blazhennaja, ty. 
 
I k rodimoj zemle ja klonilsja,
I ujti za toboju khotel,
No, kogda ja rydal i molilsja,
Zvonkij smekh tvoj ko mne doletel. 
 
Pokhoronnye sljozy naprasny –-
Ty trepeshchesh', smejosh'sja, zhiva!
I rastut na mogile prekrasnoj
Ne cvety –- ognevye slova!

3. Spokojnaja metel'

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, from the cycle "Arfy I skripki", published 1909

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ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Pokojnik spat' lozhitsja
    Na beluju postel'.
V okne legko kruzhitsja
    Spokojnaja metel'.
Pukhovym vetrom mchitsja
    Na snezhnuju postel'.

Snezhinok legkij pukh
    Kuda letit, kuda?
Proshli, proshli goda,
    Prosti, bessmertnyj dukh,
Mjatezhnyj vzor i slukh!
    Nastalo nikogda.

I otdykh, milyj otdykh
    Legko pril'nul ko mne.
I vozdukh, vol'nyj vozdukh
    Vzdokhnul na prostyne.
Prosti, krylatyj dukh!
    Leti, bessmertnyj pukh!

4. V letnij polden'

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, from the cycle "Ante Lucem", published 1900

Jarkim solncem, sinej dal'ju
V letnij polden' ljubovat'sja -
Neponjatnoju pechal'ju
Dali solnechnoj terzat'sja...

Kto pojmjot, izmerit okom,
Chto za `etoj sinej dal'ju?
Lish' mechtan'e o dalekom
S neponjatnoju pechal'ju...

5. Burja

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, from the cycle "Raznyje stikhotvorenija", published 1899

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ENG English [singable] (David Angell)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

O, kak bezumno za oknom
Revjot, bushujet burja zlaja,
Nesutsja tuchi, l'jut dozhdjom,
I veter vojet, zamiraja!

Uzhasna noch'! V takuju noch'
Mne zhal' ljudej, lishjonnykh krova,
Sozhalen'je gonit proch' -
V ob"jat'ja kholoda syrogo!

Borot'sja s mrakom i dozhdjom,
Stradalcev uchast' razdeljaja...
O, kak bezumno za oknom
Bushujet veter, iznyvaja!

6. Sonet

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, from the cycle "Gorod", published 1904

Ja zhalobnoj rukoj szhimaju svoj kostyl'.
Moj drug — vljublen v lunu — zhivet jejo obmanom.
Vot — tretij na puti. O, milyj drug moj, ty l'
V izmjatom kartuze nad vzorom olovjannym?

I — troje my bredem. Lezhit plastami pyl'.
Vsjo pusto — zdes' i tam — pod znojem neustannym.
Zabory — kak groba. V kanavakh preet gnil'.
Vsjo, vsjo pogrebeno v bezljud'i okajannom.

Stuchim. Pechal' v domakh. Pokojniki v grobakh.
My robko shepchem v dver': «Ne umer — spit vash blizkij...»
No staraja, v chepce, namorshchiv lob svoj nizkij,
Krichit: «Stupajte proch'! Ne oskorbljajte prakh!»

I dal'she my bredem. I vidim v shcheli zdanij
Starinnuju igru vechernikh sodroganij.

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