Pred ikonoj (Golenishchev-Kutuzov, set by S. Rachmaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ona pred ikonoj stojala svjatoju;
Skrestilisja ruki, usta shevelilis';
Iz glaz jeja sljozy odna za drugoju
Po blednym shchekam zhemchugami katilis'.

Ona povtorjala vse ch'jo-to nazvan'je,
I vzor ozarjalsja molitvennym svetom;
I bylo tak mnogo ljubvi i stradan'ja,
Tak malo nadezhdy v moleniji `etom!

Ona preklonilas' i dolgo lezhala,
Pril'nuv golovoju k zemle bezotvetnoj,
Kak budto v tomlen'ji nemom ozhidala,
Chto golos nad neju razdastsja privetnyj.

No bylo vse tikho v molchaniji nochi,
Lampada mercala vo mrake trevozhnom,
I skorbno smotreli Spasitelja ochi
Na ochi, prosjashchija o nevozmozhnom.

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Authorship

Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848-1913)

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

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

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