Solnce, solnce

Solnce, solnce,
bozhestvennyj Ra-Gelios,
toboju veseljatsja
serdca carej i gerojev,
tebe rzhut svjashchennyje koni,
tebe pojut gimny v Geliopole;
kogda ty svetish',
jashchericy vypolzajut na kamni
i mal'chiki idut so smekhom
kupat'sja k Nilu.
Solnce, solnce,
ja - blednyj pisec,
bibliotechnyj zatvornik,
no ja ljublju tebja, solnce, ne men'she,
chem zagorelyj morjak,
pakhnushchij ryboj i solenoj vodoju,
i ne men'she,
chem jego privychnoje serdce
likujet
pri carstvennom tvojom voskhode
iz okeana,
mojo trepeshchet,
kogda tvoj pyl'nyj, no plamennyj luch
skol'znet
skvoz' uzkoje okno u potolka
na ispisannyj list
i moju tonkuju zheltovatuju ruku,
vyvodjashchuju kinovar'ju
pervuju bukvu gimna tebe,
o Ra-Gelios, solnce!

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by Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin (1872-1936) , title unknown, published 1905-8?

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

by Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888-1982) , "Solnce, solnce", 1915-29 [voice and piano], from Iz Aleksandrijskikh pesen M. Kuzmina, no. 15.

Text added to the website: 2008-11-07.

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