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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Želanie serdca
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Lastočke legko rezvit'sja,
v sinej vyšine skol'zit'.
Bud' i ja krylatoj pticej, 
znal by ja, kuda spešit'.
Nam ne suždena s toboju 
radost' mirnogo gnezda,
vsë že mne dano sud'boju 
vernym byt' tebe vsegda.     

Ty vdali, ja ėto znaju,
no vsë že ty mne blizka.
V serdce dumu ja pitaju 
o tebe, moja toska.
Ach! JA znal by sčast'e v žizni,
Bud' svobodnoj ptaškoj ja.
Pomčalsja by ja k otčizne,
gde ty ždëš', ljubov' moja. 

Lastočke legko rezvit'sja,
v sinej vyšine skol'zit'.
Bud' i ja krylatoj pticej, 
znal by ja, kuda spešit'.
JA nesu razluki bremja,
i otrady luč pogas.
Toropis', o, vremja, vremja, 
i uskor' želannyj čas.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Желание сердца", 1858 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 108

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