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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Друзьям
Language: Russian (Русский) 
К чему, весёлые друзья,
моё тревожит вас молчанье?
Зачем последнее прощанье,
уж муза смолкнула моя?

Напрасно лиру взял я в руки
бряцать весёльем на пирах 
и на ослабленных струнах
искал потерянные звуки.

Богами вам ещё даны
златые дни, златые ночи,
и томных дев устремлены
на вас внимательные очи.

Играйте, пойте, о друзья!
Утратьте вечер скоротечный;
и вашей радости беспечной
сквозь слёзы улыбнулся я.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) [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 Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Друзьям", op. 68 (Три романса Пушкина (Tri romansa Pushkina) = Three Romances of Pushkin) no. 1 (1950), published 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by M. Lalinov , "Друзьям" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by V. Ryabov , "Друзьям", op. 1 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 63

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