Kljon ty moj opavshij (Esenin, set by Bochkov, A. Lepin, D. Vasilyev-Buglay, Anonymous) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Kljon ty moj opavshij, kljon zaledenelyj,
Chto stojish', nagnuvshis', pod metel'ju beloj? 

Ili chto uvidel? Ili chto uslyshal?
Slovno za derevnju poguljat' ty vyshel.

I, kak p'janyj storozh, vyjdja na dorogu,
Utonul v sugrobe, primorozil nogu. 

Akh, i sam ja nynche chto-to stal nestojkij,
Ne dojdu do doma s druzheskoj popojki. 

Tam von vstretil verbu, tam sosnu primetil,
Raspeval im pesni pod metel' o lete. 

Sam sebe kazalsja ja takim zhe kljonom,
Tol'ko ne opavshim, a vovsju zeljonym. 

I, utrativ skromnost', odurevshi v dosku,
Kak zhenu chuzhuju, obnimal berjozku.

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Authorship

Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895-1925)

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

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Bochkov

Anatoly Yakovlevich Lepin (1907-?)

Dmitry Stepanovich Vasilyev-Buglay (1888-1956)

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