Zmej (Fet, set by A. Arensky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Chut' vecherneju rosoju
Osypajetsja trava,
Cheshet kosu, mojet sheju
Chernobrovaja vdova. 

I ne svodit u okoshka
S neba tjomnogo ochej, --
I letit, svivajas' v kol'ca,
V jarkikh iskrakh dlinnyj zmej. 

I shumit vsjo blizhe, blizhe,
I nad vdov'inym dvorom,
Nad solomennoju kryshej,
Rassypajetsja ognjom. 

I okno totchas zatvorit
Chernobrovaja vdova;
Tol'ko slyshatsja v svetlice
Poceluj da slova...

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Authorship

Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820-1892)

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

Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906)

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