K ***

Ja pomnju chudnoje mgnoven'je:
Peredo mnoj javilas' ty,
Kak mimoljotnoje, viden'je,
Kak genij chistoj krasoty.

V [tomlen'jakh]1 grusti beznadezhnoj,
V trevogakh shumnoj sujety,
Zvuchal mne dolgo golos nezhnoj,
I snilis' milyje cherty.

Shli gody. Bur' poryv mjatezhnyj
[Rassejal]2 prezhnije mechty,
I ja zabyl tvoj nezhnyj,
Tvoji nebesnyje cherty.

V glushi, vo mrake zatochen'ja
Tjanulis' tikho dni moji;
Bez Bozhestva, bez vdokhnoven'ja,
Bez sljoz, bez zhizni, bez ljubvi.

Dushe nastalo probushden'je:
I vot opjat' javilas' ty,
Kak mimoljotnoje viden'je,
Kak genij chistoj krasoty.

I serdce b'jotsja v [upojen'je,]3
I dlja nego voskresil vnov'
I bozhestvo, i vdokhnoven'je,
I zhizn', i sljozy, i ljubov'.

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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) , "K ***", 1825, published 1827

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

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787-1851) , "`Elegija", published 1832.
by Leslie Crabtree (1941-) , "Ja pomnju chudnoje mgnoven'je"
by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857) , "Ja pomnju chudnoje mgnoven'je", 1840.
by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Melgunov (1804-1867) , "Ja pomnju chudnoje mgnoven'je", published 1832.
by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798-1843) , "Ja pomnju chudnoje mgnoven'je", 1829, published 1829.

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