by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)
Sud`ba
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG
S svoej poxodnoyu klyukoj, S svoimi mrachny'mi ochami Sud`ba, kak grozny'j chasovoj, Povsyudu sleduet za nami. Bedoj liczo eya grozit, Ona v ugrozax posedela, Ona uzh mnogix odolela, I vse stuchit, i vse stuchit: Stuk, stuk, stuk... Polno, drug, Bros` za schastiem gonyat`sya! Stuk, stuk, stuk... Bednyak sovsem obzhilsya s nej: Ruka s rukoj oni gulyayut, Sbirayut vmeste xleb s polej, V nagradu vmeste golodayut. Den` cely'j dozhd` ego kropit, Po vecheram laskaet v`yuga, A noch`yu s gorya, da s ispuga Sud`ba skvoz son emu stuchit: Stuk, stuk, stuk... Glyan`-ka, drug, Kak drugie pozhivayut. Stuk, stuk, stuk... Drugie prazdnovat` soshlis` Bogatstvo, molodost` i slavu, Ix pesni radostno neslis`, Vino smenilos` im v zabavu: Davno uzh pir u nix shumit. No smolkli vdrug bledneya gosti... Rukoj, drozhashheyu ot zlosti, Sud`ba v okoshko k nim stuchit: Stuk, stuk, stuk... Novy'j drug k vam prishyol, Gotov`te mesto! Stuk, stuk, stuk... No est` zhe schast`e na zemle! Odnazhdy', polny'j ozhidan`ya, S vostorgom yuny'm na chele, Prishyol schastlivecz na svidan`e. Eshhyo odin on, vse molchit, Zarya za roshhej potuxaet, I solovej uzh zatixaet A serdce b`yotsya i stuchit: Stuk, stuk, stuk... Mily'j drug, Ty' pridyosh`-li na svidan`e? Stuk, stuk, stuk... No vot idyot ona, I v mig lyubov`, trevoga, ozhidan`e, Blazhenstvo, vse slilos` u nix V odno bezumnoe lobzan`e! Nemaya noch` na nix glyadit, Vsyo nebo zalito ognyami. A kto-to tixo za kustami Klyukoj dokuchnoyu stuchit: Stuk, stuk, stuk... Stary'j drug K vam prishyol, dovol`no schast`ya! Stuk, stuk, stuk...
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Authorship:
- by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893) [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Судьба", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Rianne Stam) , "Fate", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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