Uznik (Polonsky, set by S. Taneyev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Menja tjazhelyj davit svod,
bol'shaja cep' na mne gremit.
Menja to vetrom opakhnjot,
to vsjo vokrug menja gorit!
I, golovoj pripav k stene,
ja slyshu, kak bol'noj vo sne,
kogda on spit, raskryv glaza,
chto po zemle idjot groza.

Naljotnyj veter za oknom,
listy krapivy shevelja,
gustoje oblako s dozhdjom
nesjot na sonnyje polja.
I bozh'ji zvjozdy ne khotjat
v moju temnicu brosit' vzgljad;
odna, igraja po stene,
sverkajet molnija v okne.

I mne otraden `etot luch,
kogda stremitel'nym ognjom
on vyryvajetsja iz tuch...
Ja tak i zhdu, chto bozhij grom 
moji okovy razob'jot,
vse dveri nastezh raspakhnjot,
k oprokinet storozhej tjur'my,
tjur'my bezvykhodnoj mojej.

I ja pojdu, pojdu opjat',
pojdu brodit' v gustykh lesakh,
stepnoj dorogoju bluzhdat',
tolkat'sja v shumnykh gorodakh...
Pojdu, sredi zhivykh ljudej,
vnov' polnyj zhizni ja strastej,
zabyt' pozor mojikh cepej,
zabyt' pozor mojikh cepej.

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Authorship

Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819-1898)

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

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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