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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Телега жизни
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Хоть тяжело подчас в ней бремя 
Телега на ходу легка;
Ямщик лихой, седое время,
Везет, не слезет с облучка.

С утра садимся мы в телегу;
Мы [рады голову сломать]1
И, презирая лень и негу,
Кричим: «[пошёл, ебёна мать]2!»

Но в полдень нет уж той отваги;
Порастрясло нас; нам страшней
И косогоры и овраги;
Кричим: «полегче, дуралей!»

Катит по-прежнему телега;
Под вечер мы привыкли к ней,
И, дремля, едем до ночлега --
А время гонит лошадей.

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•   N. Medtner 

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1 Medtner: "погоняем с ямщиком" ("pogonjajem s jamshchikom")
2 Medtner: "валяй по всем по трем" ("valjaj po vsem po trem")

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Телега жизни", written 1823 [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 Nikolay Ivanovich Bakhmetyev (1807 - 1891), "Телега жизни" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Телега жизни", published 2004 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Телега жизни", op. 45 (Четыре стихотворения (Chetyre stikhotvorenija)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [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: 77

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