Vetka palestiny (Lermontov, set by S. Prokofiev, P. Viardot) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Skazhi mne, vetka Palestiny:
Gde ty rosla, gde ty cvela,
Kakikh kholmov, kakoj doliny
Ty ukrashenijem byla? 

U vod li chistykh Iordana
Vostoka luch tebja laskal,
Nochnoj li vetr v gorakh Livana
Tebja serdito kolykhal? 

Molitvu l' tikhuju chitali,
Il' peli pesni stariny,
Kogda listy tvoji spletali
Solima bednyje syny? 

I pal'ma ta zhiva l' ponyne? 
Vse tak zhe l' manit v letnij znoj
Ona prokhozhego v pustyne
Shirokolistvennoj glavoj? 

Ili v razluke bezotradnoj
Ona uvjala, kak i ty,
I dol'nij prakh lozhitsja zhadno
Na pozheltevshije listy?.. 

Povedaj: nabozhnoj rukoju
Kto v `etot kraj tebja zanes? 
Grustil on chasto nad toboju? 
Khranish' ty sled gorjuchikh slez? 

Il', bozh'jej rati luchshij vojn,
On byl s bezoblachnym chelom,
Kak ty, vsegda nebes dostojn
Pered ljud'mi i bozhestvom?.. 

Zabotoj tajnoju khranima
Pered ikonoj zolotoj,
Stojish' ty, vetv' Jerusalima,
Svjatyni vernyj chasovoj! 

Prozrachnyj sumrak, luch lampady,
Kivot i krest, simvol svjatoj... 
Vsjo polno mira i otrady
Vokrug tebja i nad toboj.

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Authorship

Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841)

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

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910)

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