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Po`et

Language: Russian

 Poka ne trebujet po`eta
 k svjashchennoj zhertve Apollon,
 v zabotakh sujetnogo sveta
 on malodushno pogruzhen;

 molchit jego svjataja lira;
 dusha v kushajet khladnyj son,
 i mezh detej nichtozhnykh mira,
 byt' mozhet, vsekh nichtozhnej on.

 No lish' bozhestvennyj glagol
 do slukha chutkogo kosnetsja,
 dusha po`eta vstrepenetsja,
 kak probudivshijsja orjol.

 Toskujet  on v zabavakh mira,
 ljudskoj chuzhdajetsja molvy,
 k nogam narodnogo kumira
 ne klonit gordoj golovy;

 bezhit on, dikij i surovyj,
 i zvukov, i smjaten'ja poln,
 na berega pustynnykh voln,
 v shiroko-shumnyje dubrovy...


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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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