Devushka pela (Blok, set by S. Vassilenko) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Devushka pela v cerkovnom khore
O vsekh ustalykh v chuzhom kraju,
O vsekh korabljakh, ushedshikh v more,
O vsekh zabyvshikh radost' svoju.

Tak pel jejo golos letjashchij v kupol,
I luch sijal na belom pleche,
I kazhdyj iz mraka smotrel i slushal,
Kak beloje plat'je pelo v luche.

I vsem kazalos', chto radost' budet,
Chto v tikhoj zavodi vse korabli,
Chto na chuzhbine ustalyje ljudi
Svetluju zhizn' sebe obreli.

I golos byl sladok, i luch byl tonok,
I tol'ko vysoko u carskikh vrat 
Prichastnyj tajnam, plakal rebjonok
O tom, chto nikto ne pridjot nazad.

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Authorship

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921)

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

Sergei Nikiforovitch Vassilenko (1872-1956)

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