Friday Five, Swiridov and Blok

Good morning,

we have just february - where's gone the time?

Today's highlights are called Willy Nilly Friday Five and Five on Friday.
Im also link up this post with All Seasons

I

My week was a completely everyday week. Nothing to say about.

On monday the Aid Organization for Ukraine came to pick up my clothing.

The sad matter is, that I have gained weight in the last 3 years.

Maybe it's normally by becoming older or perhaps the long time of insomnia has contributed to it (it had so much bad consequences)... this horrible time is over now,

 but I cannot lost my weight again.

That by itself is not such a big drama, but it isn't funny,

 when the clothing is two sizes to small.

I'm not a woman for frustrating diets or miracle pills 

and so I've decided to give that all away.

 It wasn't an easy decision, because I love my clothes, I handle them with care and have them usually for a long time. I like to combine the pieces again and again and complete 
them each season with a few new parts.

Well, in last weeks I've sorted out so much and I wonder by myself, 
that's such a lot of stuff... 
but may another woman in East Europe has joy to wear my clothing. 

II

Last Friday I show a photo with a big golden ball.

This ball symbolized the sun and is the begin of a "Planet Way" through our town.

The planets are represented on a scale of 1: 1 000 000 and the length of the path corresponds to their distance from the sun.

Here someone has made a short video without words from all stations.

(I don't know the young people in the video)

III

That building in the background  is the Freemason lodge.

In time of GDR the Freemasons were forbidden and the building was used as a public cultural center (it was good!), but now they are active again 

and got their lodge-building back.

IV

Last friday I linked up a valtz by Georgi Swiridow.

Today here's a beautiful song of him: "Morning in Moscow".

The lyrics are written by Alexandr Blok, a poet of Russian Silver age and symbolism.

Here is a little about A. Blok in English.

The song was composed in the middle of 70ies, I remember 
the first performance at Radio Moscow.

It was in a radiofeature about new composed songs and it was sung
 by the composer G. Swiridow himself.

I cannot find this especially recording in the web.

Only a video, were G. Sviridov sit at the royal, accompanging Jelena Obraszova.

Упоительно встать в ранний час,

Легкий след на песке увидать.

Упоительно вспомнить тебя,

Что со мною ты, прелесть моя.

Я люблю тебя, панна моя,

Беззаботная юность моя,

И прозрачная свежесть Кремля

В это утро, как прелесть твоя.

Я люблю тебя, панна моя,

Беззаботная юность моя,

И прозрачная свежесть Кремля

В это утро, как прелесть твоя.

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Delightful to get up at an early hour,

Light footprint on the sand to see.

Delightful to remember you,

Like you with me, my darling.

I love you, my gentlewoman,

Like the carefree youth my,

And the clear freshness over Kremlin

In this morning, like your gracefulness.

I love you, my gentlewoman,

Like the carefree youth my,

And the clear freshness over Kremlin

In this morning, like your gracefulness.

V

When I hear this song, I think of the mornings in Moscow 
which I have experienced a very long time ago (1974 and 76).

Remember the big river, light snow,  the dust over the city and the expanse of it.
Today's Moscow my be some different,  but for me this short clear composition has
exactly captured the mood, the magic and the pathos of Moscow at this time.

I always enjoy the sound of Russian language, and it's very interesting for me

 to hear and feel, like different sounds another languages.

Here and here are two poems by A. Blok, reading in English
 and here is one, reading in Spain.

Woohoo!

Well, that's enough for this friday.

Have a wonderful poetically weekend.