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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Tebe, Kavkaz, surovyj car' zemli
Language: Russian (Русский) 
 Tebe, Kavkaz, surovyj car' zemli,
JA posvjaščaju snova stich nebrežnyj.
Kak syna ty ego blagoslovi
I oseni veršinoj belosnežnoj;
Ot junych let k tebe mečty moi
Prikovany sud'boju neizbežnoj,
Na severe — v strane tebe čužoj
JA serdcem tvoj — vsegda i vsjudu tvoj.

   Ešče rebenkom, robkimi šagami
Vzbiralsja ja na gordye skaly,
Uvitye tumannymi čalmami,
Kak golovy poklonnikov allỳ.
Tam veter mašet vol'nymi krylami,
Tam nočevat' sletajutsja orly,
JA v gosti k nim letal mečtoj poslušnoj
I serdcem byl — tovarišč ich vozdušnyj.

   S tech por prošlo tjaželych mnogo let,
I vnov' menja mež skal svoich ty vstretil.
Kak nekogda rebenku, tvoj privet
Izgnanniku byl radosten i svetel.
On prolil v grud' moju zabven'e bed,
I družno ja na družnij zov otvetil;
I nyne zdes', v polunočnom kraju,
Vsë o tebe mečtaju i poju.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title [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 Viktor Arkadyevich Bely (1904 - 1989), "Тебе, Кавказ, суровый царь земли" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 136

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