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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Хотя я судьбой на заре моих дней
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Хотя я судьбой на заре моих дней,
О южные горы, отторгнут от вас,
Чтоб вечно их помнить, там надо быть раз.
Как сладкую песню отчизны моей,
Люблю я Кавказ.

В младенческих летах я мать потерял.
Но мнилось, что в розовый вечера час
Та степь повторяла мне памятный глас.
За это люблю я вершины тех скал,
Люблю я Кавказ.

Я счастлив был с вами, ущелия гор;
Пять лет пронеслось: всё тоскую по вас.
Там видел я пару божественных глаз;
И сердце лепечет, воспомня тот взор:
Люблю я Кавказ!..

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Кавказ", written 1830 [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 Olga Ivanovna Baramishvili (1907 - 1956), "Кавказ" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Veniamin Yefimovich Basner (1925 - 1996), "Кавказ" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Iosif Yefimovich Gottbeyter (1877 - 1952), "Кавказ" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anatoly Georgievich Umantsev (b. 1940), "Я счастлив был" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 87

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