Burja

O, kak bezumno za oknom
Revjot, bushujet burja zlaja,
Nesutsja tuchi, l'jut dozhdjom,
I veter vojet, zamiraja!

Uzhasna noch'! V takuju noch'
Mne zhal' ljudej, lishjonnykh krova,
Sozhalen'je gonit proch' -
V ob"jat'ja kholoda syrogo!

Borot'sja s mrakom i dozhdjom,
Stradalcev uchast' razdeljaja...
O, kak bezumno za oknom
Bushujet veter, iznyvaja!

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) , no title, from the cycle "Raznyje stikhotvorenija", published 1899

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

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975) , "Burja", op. 127 no. 5, from 7 Stikhi Aleksandr Bloka, no. 5.
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Burja", op. 9 no. 5, published 1972 [voice and orchestra], from Shest' stikhotvorenij Aleksandra Bloka, no. 5.
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Burja", op. 9a no. 5, published 1972 [voice and piano], from Shest' stikhotvorenij Aleksandra Bloka, no. 5.

ENG English [singable] (David Angell)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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