Gamajun ptica veshchaja (Blok, set by D. Shostakovich) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Na gladjakh beskonechnykh vod,
Zakatom v purpur oblechjonnykh,
Ona veshchajet i pojot,
Ne v silakh kryl podnjat' smjatjonnykh...

Veshchajet igo zlykh tatar,
Veshchajet kaznej rjad krovavykh,
I trus, i golod, i pozhar,
Zlodejev silu, gibel' pravykh...

Predvechnym uzhasom ob"jat,
Prekrasnyj lik gorit ljubov'ju,
No veshchej pravdoju zvuchat
Usta, zapekshijesja krov'ju!

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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)

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975)

7 Stikhi Aleksandr Bloka

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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