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by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881)

Zlaja smert'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Zlaja smert',
kak koršun chiščnyj,
vpilas' Vam v serdce i ubila;
i ubila;
Palač ot bytija vekov prokljatyj,
ona pochitila i Vas!
O, esli-by mogli postignut'
Vašu dušu vse te,
Komu, ja znaju, dik
moj vopl' bezumnyj!
O, esli-b Vam vnimali...
V besede, v žarkom spore,
Mečtoj, byt' možet smeloj,
ja načertal-by ljudjam
Vaš obraz svetlyj,
ljubov'ju pravdy ozarennyj,
Vaš um pytlivyj,
spokojno na ljudej vziravšij.
Vy vo-vremja porvali
s bleskom sveta
svjaz' privyčki,
Rasstalis' s nim bez gneva
I dumoj neustannoj poznali
žizn' inuju.

Kogda končinoj materi ljubimoj,
vsjakoju žitejskoju nevzgodoj
Otbrošennyj ot očaga rodnogo,
razbityj, zloj, izmučennyj,
JA robko, trevožno,
kak pugannyj rebënok,
v Vašu svjatuju dušu postučalsja...
Iskal spasen'ja...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881) [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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Злая смерть", subtitle: "Надгробное Письмо", 1875, published 1912. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Evil Death (Epitaph)", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mort cruelle", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 112

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