Vchera za chashej punshevoyu
S gusarom ya sidel,
I molcha smrachnoyu dushoyu
Na dal`nij put` glyadel.

«Skazhi, chto smotrish` na dorogy'?»
Moj xrabry'j voprosil.
«Eshhyo po nej ty', slava bogu,
Druzej ne provodil.»

K grudi priniknuv golovoyu,
YA skoro [prosvistal]1:
«Gusar! uzh net eyo so mnoyu!»
Vzdoxnul - i zamolchal.

Sleza povisla na resnice
I [kanula]2 v bokal.
«Ditya, ty' plachesh` o device,
Sty'dis`!» - on [zakrichal]3.

«Ostav`, gusar! - [Ox]4, serdczu bol`no -
[Ty', znat`, ne goreval.]5
Uvy'! odnoj slezy' dovol`no,
Chtob otravit` bokal!»

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¹ Aliabev, Dargomyzhsky: "прошептал" ("prosheptal")
² Aliabev: "капнула" ("kapnula")
³ Aliabev: "мне сказал" ("mne skazal")
⁴ Aliabev: "Ах" ("Akh")
⁵ Aliabev: "Я с грустью отвечал" ("Ja s grust'ju otvechal")

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1815, first published 1825 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Слеза", 1825 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Слеза", subtitle: "Серанада", op. 13 (3 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано (3 Romansa s soprovozhdenijem fortepiano)) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Слеза", 1842 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798 - 1868), "Слеза", published 1825 [sung text not yet checked]

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