Videnije (Khomyakov, set by M. Balakirev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Bezzvezdnaja polnoch' dyshala prokhladoj.
Krutilasja Laba gremja pod oknom.
O Prage ja s grustnoju dumal otradoj,
O Prage mechtal zabyvajasja snom.

Mne snilos', lechu ja: Orjol sizokrylyj
davno i davno by v poljote otstal.
A ja, uvlekajem nevidimoj siloj,
vsjo vyshe i vyshe vzletal.

I s neba kartinu ja chudnuju videl,
V ubranstve i bleske ves' zapadnyj kraj,
Moravu i Labu i dal'njuju Savu,
gremjashchij i sinij Dunaj.

I Pragu ja videl, i Praga sijala,
Sijal zlatoverkhij na Petshine khram,
Molitva stavjanskaja gromko zvuchala,
V napevakh znakomykh minuvshim vekam.

I v staroj odezhde svjatogo Kirilla,
Jepiskop na Petshin vskhodil.
I sledom valila narodnaja sila.
I vozdukh byl polon kuren'jem kadil.

I klir, vospevaja nebesnuju slavu
zval milost' gospodnju na zapadnyj kraj,
Na Labu, Moravu, na dal'njuju Savu,
na shumnyj i sinij Dunaj.

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Authorship

Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (1804-1860)

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

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910)

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