Zatvornica (Polonsky, set by N. Kazanli, M. Slonov, A. Zorin) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


V odnoj znakomoj ulice -
Ja pomnju staryj dom,
S vysokoj, temnoj lestnicej,
S zaveshennym oknom. 

Tam ogonek, kak zvjozdochka,
Do polnochi svetil,
I veter zanaveskoju
Tikhon'ko shevelil. 

Nikto ne znal, kakaja tam
Zatvornica zhila,
Kakaja sila tajnaja
Menja tuda vlekla,

I chto za chudo-devushka
V zavetnyj chas nochnoj
Menja vstrechala, blednaja,
S raspushennoj kosoj. 

Kakije rechi detskije
Ona tverdila mne:
O zhizni nejzvedannoj,
O dal'nej storone. 

Kak ne po-detski plamenno,
Pril'nuv k ustam mojim,
Ona, drozha, sheptala mne:
,,Poslushaj, ubezhim! 

My budem pticy vol'nyje -
Zabudem gordyj svet... 
Gde net ljudej proshchajushikh,
Tuda vozvrata net...``

I tikho slezy kapali -
I poceluj zvuchal -
I veter zanaveskoju
Trevozhno kolykhal.

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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)

Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli (1869-?)

Mikhail Akimovich Slonov (1869-1930)

A. Zorin

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