Son materi-pustyni (Ivanov, set by N. Cherepnin) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


V ony veki, pred tem kak rodit'sja
Ot Prechistoj Gospodu Isusu,
Son prisnilsja Materi-Pustyne.
Spit Pustynja v razdol'e shirokom,
Po lesochkam kudri razmetala,
Raskinulas' po stepjam zelenym;
Nogi moet ej sinee more,
Na ustakh alejut jasny zori.

I snitsja Pustyne, budto vyros
Rozov cvetik u nee iz serdca;
A s podnebes'ja ruka prosterlas',
Budto s koren'em cvet vyryvaet.
Oblivalas' Mater' aloj krov'ju,
Lezhit vsja v krovi i gor'ko tuzhit,
Ne o boli, o cvete zhaleet.

Upadal tut s lazoreva neba
Lazorevyj kamen', birjuzovyj;
Zapadal v bely grudi, do serdca,
I zaleg tjazhelyj v samom serdce.
Tjagotit kamen' grud', raspiraet;
Svoju dushen'ku zovet Pustynja,
Vozdykhaet smertnym vozdykhan'em:
"Vojdi mne v serdce, maloe chado,
V moe serdce, v lazorevyj kamen';
A uzh telo moe kameneet".

Poshla dusha v lazorevyj kamen',
A vkhodit v lazorevoe nebo,
V golubye, svetlye chertogi.
Aleetsja v chertoge poslednem,
Rovno solnce, prestol svetozarnyj;
Stoit chasha na svjatom prestole,
A nad chashej kruzhit belyj golub',
Derzhit golub' rozov cvet chervlenyj.

Khochet kriknut' dusha Mat'-Pustynju,
A ona tut sama u prestola,
Oblachennaja v beluju rizu;
"Dnes' ja, — molvit, — ne Mat', a Nevesta".
I gorlicej dusha k nej pril'nula.

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Authorship

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866-1949)

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

Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873-1945)

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