Prokofiev - Seven, They are Seven

Cantata for Tenor, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 30

Avgust Amonov tenor
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
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Telal! Telal! Telal!
Semero ikh, semero ikh,
v glubine okeana
semero ikh!
V vïsotakh nebesnïkh
semero ikh!
V gorakh zakata rozhdayutsa semero.
V gorakh vostoka vïrostayut semero.
Sidyat na prestolakh v glubinakh zemli oni.
Zastavlayut svoy golos gremit
na vïsotakh zemli oni.
Raskinulis stanom v bezmernïkh
prostranstvakh nebes i zemli oni.
Semero ikh! Telal! Telal! Telal!

Oni ne muzhchinï, ne zhenshchinï;
net u nikh zhyon; ne rodit oni sïna.
Kak veter brodyachiy oni.
Kak seti, oni prostirayutsa, tyanutsa.
Zliye oni! Blagotvorenya ne znayut oni,
Stïda ne imeyut oni.
Molitv ne uslïshat:
net slukha u nikh k molbam.
Oni umenshayut nebo i zemlyu.
Oni zapirayut, kak dveryu, tselïe stranï.
Melyut narodï, kak eti narodï melyut zerno.
Semero ikh! Dvazhdï semero ikh!

Dukh nebes,
tï zaklyani ikh!
Dukh zemli,
tï zaklyani ikh!

Zliye vetrï! Zliye buri!
Palyashchiy vikhr! Pïlayushchiy smerch!
Oni den skorbi. oni den mshenya.
Oni glashatai strashnoy chumï.
Sem bogov bezïzmernïkh nebes!
Sem bogov bezïzmernoy zemli!
Sem vlastnïkh bogov! Sem zlobnïkh bogov!
Sem khokhochushchikh dyavolov!
Sem geniev uzhasa!
Sem ikh chislo, sem ikh chislo!
Zloy Telal! Zloy Alal!
Zloy Gigim! Zloy Maskim!
Zloy bog! Zloy dukh! Zloy demon!
Semero ikh! Zaklyani ikh, dukh nebes!
Semero ikh! Zaklyani ikh, dukh zemli!
Telal! Zaklyani!

Tï dukh nebes,
zaklyani ikh!

(Text: Konstantin Dmitryevich Balmont (1867--1942))