Po suglinkam, po peskam Da pod puljami komissar speshit k vojskam vroven' s bureju. Jarostny na njom i vechny-nenavistnye vragam - Kryl'ja zvezd pjatikonechnykh, shlem, kozhanka i nagan! Veter. Noch'. Kon'. Pesok. [I]1 v nachale dnja Sem' zelenykh molodcov brali v plen konja. To ne seno v kopne, ne kotel v ugljakh, - Ataman sidit na pne v soroka remnjakh! Ataman na pne verkhom, na vostok licom. Nabivajet trubku mkhom, melkim veresom. Dolozhil jemu zelenyj pro pokhod nochnoj. Ataman, - skazal on, Shljakhom shljalis' sem' voron. Krasnyj grib shirokoshljapyj k nam popal v polon. Ataman sidit kak lun': Chto, popalsja, grach? Pozadi jego kholuj, vperedi-palach. Ja davno zadumal dumku-klast' griby v groby. Do tvojej glubokoj lunki pjat' minut khod'by. Nagrazu tebja tes'moj, krepkoj, kholenoj. Ty svezesh' mojo pis'mo v shtab Dukhonina. Komissar skazal: Cheldon, prinimaju smert'... Obo mne Moskva i Don pesni budut pet', Na besedakh, na sobran'jakh budet plakat' med', O mojej razluke rannej budet grom gremet'!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Prokof'yev: "A..."
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Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Prokofiev (1900 - 1971) [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Баллада о гибели комиссара", from Две песни о гражданской войне (Dve pesni o grazhdanskoj vojne) = Two songs about the Civil War, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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