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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

K druz'jam
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ja rozhdjon s dushoju pylkoj,
Ja ljublju s druz'jami byt',
A podchas i za butylkoj
Bystro vremja provodit'.

Ja ne sklonen k slave gromkoj,
Serdce grejet lish' ljubov';
Liry zvuk drozhashchij, zvonkoj
Mne volnujet takzhe krov'.

No neredko sred' vesel'ja
Dukh moj strazhdet i grustit,
V shume bujnogo pokhmel'ja
Duma na serdce lezhit.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "К друзьям", written 1829 [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 Georgy Zakharovich Burshtein (1907 - 1966), "К друзьям" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pavel Petrovich Maly (1905 - 1981), "К друзьям" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Andrey Mikhailovich Sevastyanov (1915 - 1991), "К друзьям" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anatoly Georgievich Umantsev (b. 1940), "К друзьям" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

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