Volki (Tolstoy, set by A. Arensky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kogda v sjolakh pustejet,
Smolknut pesni seljan
I sedoj zabelejet
Nad bolotom tuman,
Iz lesov tikhomolkom
Po poljam volk za volkom
Otpravljajutsja vse na dobychu.

Sem' volkov idut smelo.
Vperedi ikh idjot
Volk os'moj, shersti beloj;
A tainstvennyj khod
Zakljuchajet devjatyj.
S okrovavlennoj pjatoj
On za nimi idjot i khromajet.

Ikh nichto ne pugajet.
Na selo li im put',
Pjos na nikh i ne lajet;
A muzhik i dokhnut',
Vidja ikh, ne posmejet:
On ot strakhu blednejet
I chitajet tikhon'ko molitvu.

Volki cerkov' obkhodjat
Ostorozhno krugom,
V dvor popovskij zakhodjat
I sheveljat khvostom,
Bliz korchmy vodjat ukhom
I vnimajut vsem slukhom,
Ne vedutsja l' tam greshnye rechi?

Ikh glaza slovno svechi,
Zuby shila ostrej.
Ty trinadcat' kartechej
Koz'ej sherst'ju zabej
I streljaj po nim smelo,
Prezhde rukhnet volk belyj,
A za nim upadut i drugie.

Na sele zh, kogda spjashchikh
Vsekh razbudit petukh,
Ty uvidish' lezhashchikh
Devjat' mjortvykh starukh.
Vperedi ikh sedaja,
Pozadi ikh khromaja,
Vse v krovi… s nami sila Gospodnja!

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Authorship

Count Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)

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

Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906)

Date added to the website: 2008-09-24.

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