by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852)
Vernost' do groba
Language: Russian (Русский)
Mladoj Roger svoj ostryj meč beret : Zaveru, čest' i rodinu srazit'sja ! Gotov on v boj ... no k miloj on idet V poslednij raz s prekrasnoju prostit'sja. "Ne plač' : nad nami ščit tvorca, Ešče nas nebo ne zabylo, JA budu veren do konca Svobode, mužestvu i miloj." Skazal, svoj šlem nadvinul, poskakal ; Družina s nim ; kipjat serdca ich boem ; I skoro stroj neustrašimyj stal Pered vragov neobozrimym stroem. «Sej vid ne strašen dlja bojca ; I smert' li nebo mne sulilo -- Ostanus' veren do konca Svobode, mužestvu i miloj” » I na vraga vzor mesti brosiv, on Vletel v rjady, kak plamen'-istrebitel' ; I vspychnul boj, i vrag už istreblen, No ... pobediv, sražen i pobeditel'ju. On počest' brannogo venca Prijal s bezvremennoj mogiloj, I byl on beren do konca Svobode, mužestvu i miloj. No gde že ty, pevec velikich del ? Il' pesn' tvoja tvoej sud'boju stala ? .. Ego už net ; on v kraj tot uletel, Kuda davno mečta ego letala. On pal v boju -- i glas pevca Bessmertno delo osvjatilo ; I on byl veren do konca Svobode, mužestvu i miloj.
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Authorship:
- by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852) [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Верность до гроба", published 1818 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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