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U vrat obiteli svjatoj, 'At the gates of the holy cloister'
Russian source:
Mikhail Lermontov
U vrat obiteli svjatoj
Stojal prosjashchij podajan'ja,
Bednjak issokhshij, chut' zhivoj
Ot glada, zhazhdy i stradan'ja.
Kuska lish' khleba on prosil,
I vzor javljal zhivuju muku,
I kto-to kamen' polozhil
V jego protjanutuju ruku.
Tak ja molil tvojej ljubvi
S slezami gor'kimi, s toskoju;
Tak chuvstva luchshije moi
Obmanuty navek toboju!
Stojal prosjashchij podajan'ja,
Bednjak issokhshij, chut' zhivoj
Ot glada, zhazhdy i stradan'ja.
Kuska lish' khleba on prosil,
I vzor javljal zhivuju muku,
I kto-to kamen' polozhil
V jego protjanutuju ruku.
Tak ja molil tvojej ljubvi
S slezami gor'kimi, s toskoju;
Tak chuvstva luchshije moi
Obmanuty navek toboju!
Composer
Nikolai Medtner
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] – 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. Although he fell into relative obscurity after his death, he now recognised as one of the most significant Russian composers…
