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


Pered vecherneju poroju
Skhodil ja v sumerki s gory,
I vot peredo mnoj - za mgloju -
Cherty pechal'nyje sestry.

Ona idjot neslyshnym shagom,
Za neju shevelitsja mgla,
I po dolinam, po ovragam
Vzdykhajut grudi bez chisla.

Sestra, otkuda v dozhd' i kholod
Idjosh' s pechal'noju tolpoj,
Kogo bichami vygnal golod
V mogily zhizni kochevoj?

Vot podoshla, ostanovilas'
I fakel podnjala vo mgle,
I tikhim svetom ozarilos'
Vsjo, chto nezrimo na zemle.

I tam, v kanavakh pridorozhnykh,
Ja, sodrogajas', razgljadel
Cherty muchenij nevozmozhnykh
I korchi oslabevshikh tel.

I vnov' opushchen fakel dushnyj,
I, ulybajas' [mne]¹ proshla -
Takoj zhe dymnoj i vozdushnoj,
Kak okruzhajushchaja mgla.

No ja zapomnil `eti lica
I tishinu pustykh orbit,
I obrechjonnykh verenica
Peredo mnoj vsegda stojit.

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¹ Sviridov: "ty"

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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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