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Sonet

Language: Russian

Ja zhalobnoj rukoj szhimaju svoj kostyl'.
Moj drug — vljublen v lunu — zhivet jejo obmanom.
Vot — tretij na puti. O, milyj drug moj, ty l'
V izmjatom kartuze nad vzorom olovjannym?

I — troje my bredem. Lezhit plastami pyl'.
Vsjo pusto — zdes' i tam — pod znojem neustannym.
Zabory — kak groba. V kanavakh preet gnil'.
Vsjo, vsjo pogrebeno v bezljud'i okajannom.

Stuchim. Pechal' v domakh. Pokojniki v grobakh.
My robko shepchem v dver': «Ne umer — spit vash blizkij...»
No staraja, v chepce, namorshchiv lob svoj nizkij,
Krichit: «Stupajte proch'! Ne oskorbljajte prakh!»

I dal'she my bredem. I vidim v shcheli zdanij
Starinnuju igru vechernikh sodroganij.


Input by Dmitri Smirnov

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Authorship

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

Date added to the website: 2008-01-30.

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