by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)
Tak zhit' nel'zja! V razumnosti pritvornoj
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tak zhit' nel'zja! V razumnosti pritvornoj, S toskoj v dushe i kholodom v krovi, Bez junosti, bez very zhivotvornoj, Bez zhguchikh muk i schastija ljubvi, Bez tikhikh slez i gromkogo vesel'ja, V tomlenii nemogo zabyt'ja, V unynii razvrata i bezdel'ja... Net, drugi, net - tak dol'she zhit' nel'zja! Somnenij noch' otrady ne prinosit, Klevet i lzhi naskuchili slova, Pomerkshij vzor luchej i solnca prosit, Ustalyj dukh alkajet bozhestva. No ne prozret' nam k solncu skvoz' tumana, No ne najti nam boga v dal'noj t'me: Nas derzhit vlast' pobednogo obmana, Kak uznikov v okovakh i tjur'me. Ne vejet v mir mechty zhivoj dykhan'e, Tvorjashchikh sil issjaknula struja, I lish' odno ne umerlo soznan'e- Ne to prizyv, ne to vospominan'e, - Ono tverdit: tak dol'she zhit' nel'zja!
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- by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), no title, written 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Kiryakov , "Так жить нельзя!" [sung text not yet checked]
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