Я люблю вечерний пир,
Где веселье председатель,
А свобода, мой кумир,
За столом законодатель,
Где до утра слово пей!
Заглушает [крики]1 песен,
Где просторен круг гостей,
А кружок бутылок тесен.

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¹ Arapov: "звуки" ("zvuki")

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• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Весёлый пир", written 1819 [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 Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "Весёлый пир", op. 16 no. 6 [ voice and piano ], from 8 Стихотворений А. С. Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (8 Stikhotvorenij A. S. Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano), no. 6, Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]

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• by Boris Alexandrovich Arapov (1905 - 1992), "Весёлый пир", op. 7 (Романсы на стихи А. С. Пушкина = Romansy na stikhi A. S. Pushkina) no. 2 (1936-1937) [ voice and piano ]
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