Ax ty', Volga, Volga‑matushka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ax ty', Volga, Volga-matushka,
Rechka by'straya, glubokaya!
Storony' rodnoj kormilicza,
Mnogovodnaya, shirokaya.

Dlya chego ty' menya, molodcza,
Steregla i leleyala
I pobednuyu golovushku
Na svoix volnax pokoila?

Esli b znato, esli b vedano,
V dni by'ly'e, v gody' prezhnie,
Luchshe b ty' menya, rodimaya,
Priyutila, bestalannogo.

Podnyala b ty' grud` shirokuyu,
Vskoly'xnulas`, raspleskalas` by'
I menya volnami shumny'mi,
Kak ditya svoe, odela by'.

I lezhal by' ya na dne tvoem,
Kak rebenok v koly'belochke,
I menya by' ty', rodimaya,
Shumom voln svoix bayukala.

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