Tuchi

Tuchki nebesnyje, vechnyje stranniki! 
Step'ju lazurnoju, cep'ju zhemchuzhnoju
Mchites' vy, budto kak ja zhe, izgnanniki
S milogo severa v storonu juzhnuju. 

Kto zhe vas gonit: sud'by li reshenije? 
Zavist' li tajnaja? zloba l' otkrytaja? 
Ili na vas tjagotit prestuplenije? 
Ili druzej kleveta jadovitaja? 

Net, vam naskuchili nivy besplodnyje... 
Chuzhdy vam strasti i chuzhdy stradanija;
Vechno kholodnyje, vechno svobodnyje,
Net u vas rodiny, net vam izgnanija.

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Tuchi", published 1840

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (1884-1949) , "Tuchki nebesnyje", from Liricheskije Stranicy (na temu "Odinochestvo Lermontova"), no. 4.
by Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg (1841-1907) , "Tuchi"
by César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) , "Tuchi", op. 19 (Sem' romansov i du`etov) no. 6. [duet]
by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869) , "Tuchki nebesnyje"
by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813-1877) , "Tuchi"
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Tuchi"
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Tuchi", op. 36 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischem von F. Bodenstedt) no. 4 (1849-51) [voice and piano], Wien, Spina, also set in German
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Tuchi", op. 159 no. 2 (2009) [voice and violoncello], from Ot sosny do luny, no. 2.
by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801-1848) , "Tuchi"

by Jules Bouval (1867-1914) , "Les nuages"

by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Die Wolken", op. 36 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischem von F. Bodenstedt) no. 4 (1849-51) [voice and piano], Wien, Spina, also set in Russian

ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

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