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Chto v imeni tebe mojom?

Language: Russian

Chto v imeni tebe mojom?
Ono umrjot, kak [shum]1 pechal'nyj
Volny, plesnuvshej v bereg dal'nij,
Kak zvuk nochnoj v lesu glukhom.

[ Ono na pamjatnom listke
Ostavit mjortvyj sled, podobnyj
Uzoru nadpisi nadgrobnoj
Na neponjatnom jazyke.]2

Chto v njom? Zabytoje davno
V [volnen'jakh]3 novykh i mjatezhnykh,
Tvojej dushe ne dast ono
Vospominanij [chistykh]4 nezhnykh.

No v [den']5 pechali, v tishine,
Projiznesi jego toskuja;
Skazhi: jest' pamjat' obo mne,
Jest' v mire serdce, gde zhivu ja...


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1 Titov: "zvuk"
2 omitted by Rimsky-Korsakov.
3 Rimsky-Korsakov: "trevogakh"
4 Rimsky-Korsakov: "svetlykh"
5 Rimsky-Korsakov: "chas"

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