Senė | Ratu vis bėga metai, dienos

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by Daniil Ivanovich Kharms (1905 - 1942)

Translation © by Giedrius Prunskus

Старуха

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: LIT

Года и дни бегут по кругу.
Летит песок; звенит река.
Супруга в дом идёт к супругу.
Седеет бровь, дрожит рука.
И светлый глаз уже слезится,
на всё вокруг глядя с тоской.
И сердце, жить устав, стремится
хотя б в земле найти покой.

Старуха, где твой чёрный волос,
Твой гибкий стан и лёгкий шаг?
Куда пропал твой звонкий голос,
Кольцо с мечом и твой кушак?
Теперь тебе весь мир несносен,
противен ход годов и дней.
Беги старуха в рощу сосен
и в землю лбом ложись и тлей.

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Text Authorship:

by Daniil Ivanovich Kharms (1905 - 1942), "Старуха" [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 Leonid Arkadyevich Desyatnikov (b. 1955), "Старуха", 1989 [ voice and piano ], from Любовь и жизнь поэта (Ljubov' i zhizn' po`eta) = Love and Life of a Poet, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Senė", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Giedrius Prunskus [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

Senė

Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) after the Russian (Русский)

Ratu vis bėga metai, dienos.
Lakioja smėlis ties upe.
Žmona namo pas vyrą eina.
Plaukai žili, silpna ranka.
Sužibo ašara akyje
Į viską žvelgiančioj liūdnai.
Širdis pavargus nori tyliai
Atgulti žemėje ramiai.

Kur, sene, tavo kasos juodos,
Lankstus liemuo, žvali eiga?
Kur dingo balso tavo grožis,
Kur žiedas, juosta išpuošta?
Pasaulis visas tau nemielas,
Šlykšti dienų greita seka.
Tad bėki tu greičiau pušynan
Ant žemės gulk ir pūk visa.

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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-21
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Word count: 69