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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Do lučšich dnej!— pered proščan'em
Language: Russian (Русский) 
«Do lučšich dnej!» — pered proščan'em,
Požav mne ruku, ty skazal;
I dolgo ėti dni ja ždal,
No byl obmanut ožidan'em!..

Moj milyj! ne pridut oni,
V grjaduščem sčastija tak malo!..
JA pomnju radostnye dni,
No vsë, čto pomnju, to propalo.

Byloe bespolezno nam.
Takov majak, poroj nočnoju
Nad burnoj bezdnoju morskoju
Manjaščij k vernym beregam,

Kogda na lodke, odinokij,
Nesetsja trepetnyj plovec
I vidit — bereg nedalekij
I bliže vidit svoj konec.

Net! obol'stit' mečtoj naprasnoj
Bol'noe serdce mudreno;
Edva nischodit son prekrasnyj,
Už prosypaetsja ono!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "К другу В. Шеншину", written 1831 [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 Andrey Aleksandrovich Bobrinsky (1823 - 1903), "До лучших дней" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-09
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Word count: 87

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