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Melodija

Language: Russian

 Ja-b umeret' khotel na kryl'jakh upojen'ja, 
 V lenivom polusne, navejannom mechtoj,
 Bez muk raskajan'ja, bez pytki razmyshlen'ja,
 Bez malodushnykh sljoz proshchanija s zemlej.

 Ja-b umeret' khotel dushistoju vesnoju,
 V zapushchennom sadu, v blagoukhannyj den',
 Chto-b kupy temnykh lip dremali nado mnoju,
 I kolykhalasja cvetushchaja siren'.

 Chto-b rjadom by ruchej tajinstvennym zhurchan'jem
 Nemuju tishinu trevozhil i budil,
 I sinij nebosklon torzhestvennym molchan'jem
 Ob rajskoj vechnosti mne vnjatno govoril...

 Chto-b ne molilsja ja, ne plakal umiraja,
 A sladko zadremal, i chtoby snilos' mne... 
 Chto ja plyvu... plyvu, i chto volna nemaja
 Bezzvuchno otdajet menja drugoj volne...


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

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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