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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Корова
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Дряхлая, выпали зубы,
Свиток годов на рогах.
Бил ее выгонщик грубый
На перегонных полях.

Сердце не ласково к шуму,
Мыши скребут в уголке.
Думает грустную думу
О белоногом телке.

Не дали матери сына,
Первая радость не прок.
И на колу под осиной
Шкуру трепал ветерок.

Скоро на гречневом свее,
С той же сыновней судьбой,
Свяжут ей петлю на шее
И поведут на убой.

Жалобно, грустно и тоще
В землю вопьются рога…
Снится ей белая роща
И травяные луга.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), "Корова", written 1915 [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 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902 - 1963), "Корова" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 78

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