Springtime: TWO opinions

(1)
O thou Spring! To thee has the Artist bent his flamboyant brush to worship with hand and hue thy verdant effervescence; to thee has the Poet consecrated his mellifluous voice welded with the power of word and begotten in the freedom of thought; with thee does the gleeful sun most willingly flirt; in thee is the earth reborn! Thou heraldst summer in, thou usherst winter out! Thou brings in light, and joy, and madness, thou reignst and thou dividest. In thy transience thou art immortal. In thy sovereignty thou art supreme. In thy insanity thou art relentless. I hail thee, with my heart yearning to bathe in thy splendour, with my mind reeling with rapture, with my frame thrilled with strength and vivacity!..

(2)
so doggam spring is 'ere again. what the fuck! i'm sick of all the fuckin' shit in the streets, the dirty ice, pools everywhere and all! the people're goin' like crazy, y' know, all bustlin' around like motherfuckers, all lookin' like fuckin' freaks, starin' at you like if you're stripped to you bare ass. i just can't fuckin' stand spring! drives me mad, man! when it comes i just feel like goin' back to my mom's womb, hide my ass away from all this beastly motherfuckin' madness. spring is such a bitch. never ever makes me happy, it don't, it sucks, dude, and it gonna suck it all out from ya...

Роса (баллада)

Роса
(баллада)

I. Три ночи, три дня
    Не щадил я коня,
    Со свадьбы похитил красавицу.
    Ночь пьянила, плыла.
    «Посмотри, та скала
    Своей неприступностью славится.

II. Тебя в ней заточу
     И когда захочу
     Красу твою девичью, нежную,
     Тяжкий камень свалю,
    Свою страсть утолю,
    Ты встретить любовь неизбежную!»

III. Я сгорал, я не ждал,
      Я ей срока не дал,
      Желал я прекрасную пленную.
      Девять дней и ночей,
      Не смыкая очей,
      В пещеру входил потаенную.

IV. На десятую ночь,
     Как ушел мой жар прочь,
     Привез я на луг ее скошенный.
     Развернул я коня,
     Когда сзади меня
     Вдруг услышал: «Останься, непрошенный.»

V. Ее голос и взгляд
    В моем сердце горят –
    Так совесть проснулась мучительно!
    До конца своих дней
    Я готов был пред ней
    Прощенья просить унизительно.

VI. Я вздыхал – я любил! –
    Трепетал – говорил:
    «Прости, ах, прости меня, милая!»
    Золотился рассвет.
    Она шепчет в ответ:
    «Всю жизнь тебя только любила я.»

VII. Протянув ей кинжал,
      Я в безумье сказал:
      «В руках твоих выбор, желанная!
      Своей тонкой рукой
      Подари мне покой
      Иль счастье верни первозданное!»

VIII. Поцелуй – как кинжал.
        До утра я держал
        В объятиях деву влюбленную.
        И без слов, как во сне,
        Вся в любви, вся в огне,
        Сгорала душа, окрыленная.

IX. Лишь рассеялась мгла,
      Она нежно рекла:
      «Любимый мой, в сердце устала я.»
      За слезою слеза
      В землю сходит роса –
      И кровь ее алая-алая.

Music in MIDI (see previous post)

Upon thinking, I have concluded that, since not all of my readers have access to Guitar Pro, or at least could find it tedious to install the programme; and so here I present those ten compositions that you may find in the previous post in the popular MIDI format (played even on polyphonic mobile phones) + 4 bonus songs :). MIDI files are quite small in size, so I present all 10 compositions in just one compressed ZIP file.

You can grab them here: DOWNLOAD ZIP (65 KB).

N-joy!

Guitar tabs

I am happy to share with those of you who rejoice in the capability of playing the guitar - one of the oldest and most wonderful musical instruments - the tabs forged by me in the programme called Guitar Pro 5. That is why, in order to view and use these files properly, you will need the programme to be installed. The demo-version (15 days) may be downloaded here: http://downloads.guitar-pro.com/gp5.2/GP5DEMO.exe (10 Mb), and I am sure I have a crack somewhere.

1. Dying Brokenhearted by Empyrium (.gp5, 39 Kb). This composition is my pride. I've been making and honing and amending it for several months (after I had lost a finished one with some data on my old laptop). It consists of 4 acoustic neulon-string guitars and two flutes. It is a true masterpiece of sad acoustic playing, a remorseful lamentation, filled with the most exquisite and darkest melancholy.

The other files are not tabbed by me, they are someone else's work, but still I present them here since those are my faviourite songs.

2. Abendbrot by Empyrium (.gp4, 3 Kb)

3. Waldpoesie by Empyrium (.gp3, 34 Kb)

4. The Sheperd and the Maiden Ghost by Empyrium (.gp3, 19 Kb)

5. The Ensemble of Silence by Empyrium (.gp4, 48 Kb)

6. Many Moons Ago by Empyrium (.gp4, 25 Kb)

7. Wehmut by Empyrium (.gp4, 4 Kb)

8. A Pastoral Theme by Empyrium (.gp4, 11 Kb)

9. All the Pretty Little Horses by Current 93 (.gp5, 7 Kb)

10. Ending Credits by Opeth (.gp3, 31 Kb)

All of these above compositions will satisfy even the most fastidious taste and bewilder you with their utmost beauty.

Photos

Selected recent photos for your pleasure. Enjoy.


1. I, taken at home


2. I & sister Alfia, at home (she doesn't wear this make-up too often)