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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Zhelanie serdcza
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Lastochke legko rezvit`sya,
v sinej vy'shine skol`zit`.
Bud` i ya kry'latoj pticej, 
znal by' ya, kuda speshit`.
Nam ne suzhdena s toboyu 
radost` mirnogo gnezda,
vsyo zhe mne dano sud`boyu 
verny'm by't` tebe vsegda.     

Ty' vdali, ya e`to znayu,
no vsyo zhe ty' mne blizka.
V serdce dumu ya pitayu 
o tebe, moya toska.
Ax! YA znal by' schast`e v zhizni,
Bud` svobodnoj ptashkoj ya.
Pomchalsya by' ya k otchizne,
gde ty' zhdyosh`, lyubov` moya. 

Lastochke legko rezvit`sya,
v sinej vy'shine skol`zit`.
Bud` i ya kry'latoj pticej, 
znal by' ya, kuda speshit`.
YA nesu razluki bremya,
i otrady' luch pogas.
Toropis`, o, vremya, vremya, 
i uskor` zhelanny'j chas.

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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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