Gnomy (Bal'mont, set by A. Gretchaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Na lugu bol'shija kuchi
Svezhevyrytoj zemli.
Leto. Zharko. Polden' zhguchij.
Dym stojit vdali.

Kto zdes' rylsja? Mozhet, gnomy?
Vsej smeshnoj tolpoj svojej
Strojat nizhnija khoromy
Dlja svojikh carej?

Goroda vo t'me vozvodjat,
Strojat zamki pod zemlej,
I, urodlivyje,
Khodjat pod mojej nogoj?

Zazhigajut vyreznyja lampy
V parstve temnoty?
Tak `eto gnomy? Net oshibsja.
To slepyje chjornyje kroty.

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Authorship

Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867-1942)

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

Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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