Golos ikh khora (Blok, set by G. Sviridov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kak chasto plachem - vy i ja -
Nad zhalkoj zhizniju svojej!
O, jesli b znali vy, druz'ja,
Kholod i mrak grjadushchikh dnej!

Teper' ty miloj ruku zhmjosh',
Igrajesh' s neju, shutja,
I plachesh' ty, zametiv lozh',
Ili v ruke ljubimoj nozh,
Ditja, ditja!

Lzhi i kovarstvu mery net,
A smert' - daleka. 
Vsjo budet cherneje strashnyj svet,
I vsjo bezumnej vikhr' planet
Jeshchjo [veka]¹, veka...

I vek poslednij, uzhasnej vsekh,
Uvidim i vy i ja -
Vsjo nebo skrojet gnusnyj grekh,
Na vsekh ustakh zastynet smekh,
Toska nebytija.

Vesny, ditja, ty budesh' zhdat' -
Vesna obmanet;
Ty budesh' solnce na nebo zvat' -
Solnce ne vstanet,
I [krik, kogda ty...]² nachnjosh' krichat',
Kak kamen', kanet...

Bud'te zh dovol'ny zhizn'ju [svojej]³,
Tishe vody, nizhe travy!
O, jesli b znali deti, vy,
Kholod i mrak grjadushchikh dnej!

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¹ omitted by Sviridov
² Sviridov: "krik tvoj, kogda"
³ Sviridov: "svojeju"

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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)

Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915-1998)

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