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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Zaveshchanije
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Najedine s toboju, brat,
Khotel by ja pobyt':
Na svete malo, govorjat,
Mne ostajetsja zhit'!
Pojedesh' skoro ty domoj:
Smotri zh… Da chto? Mojej sud'boj,
Skazat' po pravde, ochen'
Nikto ne ozabochen.

A jesli sprosit kto-nibud'…
Nu, kto by ni sprosil,
Skazhi im, chto navylet v grud'
Ja pulej ranen byl,
Chto umer chestno za carja,
Chto plokhi nashi lekarja
I chto rodnomu kraju
Poklon ja posylaju.

Otca i mat' moju jedva l'
Zastanesh' ty v zhivykh…
Priznat'sja, pravo, bylo b zhal'
Mne opechalit' ikh;
No jesli kto iz nikh i zhiv,
Skazhi, chto ja pisat' leniv,
Chto polk v pokhod poslali
I chtob menja ne zhdali.

Sosedka jest' u nikh odna…
Kak vspomnish', kak davno
Rasstalis'!.. Obo mne ona
Ne sprosit… Vsjo ravno
Ty rasskazhi vsju pravdu jej,
Pustogo serdca ne zhalej, —
Puskaj ona poplachet…
Jej nichego ne znachit!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Завещание", written 1840 [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 Sergey Vasilyevich Aksyuk (1901 - 1994), "Завещание" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Veniamin Yefimovich Basner (1925 - 1996), "Завещание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Matvei Ivanovich Bernard (1794 - 1871), "Завещание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Завещание" [ voice and piano ], from Романсы на слова Лермонтова (Romansy na slova Lermontova) = Romances to the words of Lermontov, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Fyodorovich Langer (1808 - 1870), "Завещание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vyacheslav Viktorovich Paskhalov (1878 - 1951), "Завещание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Stanyukovich (1824 - 1892), "Завещание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yury Petrovich Suldin (b. 1987), "Завещание" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-24
Line count: 32
Word count: 141

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