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by Yulya Valeryanovna Zhadovskaya (1824 - 1883)

Боролась я долго с суровой судьбой
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Боролась я долго с суровой судьбой --
Душа утомилась неравной борьбой!
Всей силой надежду я в сердце хранила;
Но силы не стало -- судьба их убила;
И я, с затаенной глубоко тоской,
Склонилась смиренно пред мощной судьбой.
Что делать? Мне стыдно и грустно, и больно.
И лью я горячия слёзы, невольно. 

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Confirmed with Юлия Валериановна Жадовская, Стихотворения, Санктпетербург, 1858, pages 27-28.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Yulya Valeryanovna Zhadovskaya (1824 - 1883), "Невыдержанная борьба " [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 Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov (1837 - 1870), "Боролась я долго с суровой судьбою" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pyotr Nikolayevich Grigoriev , "Борьба" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "Боролась я долго с суровой судьбою" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Yelkhovsky (flourished c1868), "Боролась я долго с суровой судьбою" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

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