by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861)

Mat` i doch`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Xuda, vetxa izbushka
I, kak tyur`ma, tesna;
Slepaya mat`-starushka
Kak polotno bledna.

Bednyazhka poteryala
Svoi glaza i um
I, kak rebyonok maly'j,
Chuzhda zabot i dum.

Vsyo pesni raspevaet,
Zabivshis` v ugolok,
I zhizn` v nej dogoraet,
Kak v lampe ogonyok.

A doch` s vosxodom solncza
Iglu svoyu beryot,
U svetlogo okoncza
Do tyomnoj nochi sh`yot.

Zhara. Vokrug molchan`e,
Lenivo den` idyot,
Dokuchny'x mux zhuzhzhan`e
Pokoya ne dayot.

Starushki tixij golos
Bez umolku zvuchit…
I gnyotsya doch`, kak kolos,
Toska v grudi kipit.

Narod neutomimo
Po ulice snuyot.
Idyot vsyo mimo, mimo, —
Bog vest`, kuda idyot.

Uzh noch`. Temno v izbushke.
I nekomu meshat`,
Ostalosya k podushke
Pripast` — i zary'dat`.

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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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