by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861)

Dub
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ot tyomnogo lesa dalyoko,
Na pochve besplodno-suxoj,
Dub stary'j stoit odinoko,
Kak storozh pusty'ni gluxoj.
Stoit on i smotrit ugryumo
Tuda, gde pod svodom nebes
Glubokuyu dumaet dumu
Znakomy'j davno emu les;
Gde brat`ya ego s oblakami
Vedut razgovor po nocham
I devy' prixodyat tolpami
Kruzhit`sya po svezhim czvetam;
Gde veter proxladoyu veet
I chudny'e pesni poyot,
I list molodoj zeleneet,
I pticza na vetkax zhivyot.
A on, na ravnine peschanoj,
I py'l`yu i moxom pokry't,
Kak budto izgnannik pechal`ny'j,
O rodine miloj grustit;
Ne znaet on svezhej proxlady',
Ne vidit nebesnoj rosy'
I tol`ko — poslednej otrady' —
Gubitel`noj zhazhdet grozy'.

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jules Ruelle (1834 - 1892) ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.

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