by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Morskaya czarevna
Language: Russian (Русский)
V more czarevich kupaet konya, Sly'shit: «Czarevich! vzglyani na menya!» Fy'rkaet kon` i ushami pryadet, Bry'zzhet i pleshhet, i dale ply'vet. Sly'shit czarevich: «Ya czarskaya doch`! Xochesh` provest` ty' s czarevnoyu noch`?» Vot pokazalas` ruka iz vody', Lovit za kisti shelkóvoj uzdy'. Vy'shla mladaya potom golova, V kosu vplelasya morskaya trava. Sinie ochi lyubov`yu goryat, Bry'zgi na shee kak zhemchug drozhat. My'slit czarevich: «Dobro zhe! postoj!» Zá kosu lovko sxvatil on rukoj. Derzhit, ruka boevaya sil`na: Plachet, i molit, i b`etsya ona. K beregu vityaz` otvazhno ply'vet; Vy'ply'l; tovarishhej gromko zovet: «E`j vy'! sxodites`, lixie druz`ya! Glyan`te, kak b`etsya doby'cha moya... Chto zh vy' stoite smushhennoj tolpoj? Ali krasy' ne vidali takoj?» Vot oglyanulsya czarevich nazad: Axnul! Pomerk torzhestvuyushhij vzglyad. Vidit, lezhit na peske zolotom Chudo morskoe s zeleny'm xvostom; Xvost cheshueyu zmeinoj pokry't, Ves` zamiraya, svivayas`, drozhit. Pena struyami sbegaet s chela, Ochi odela smertel`naya mgla. Bledny'e ruki xvatayut pesok, Shepchut usta neponyatny'j uprek... Edet czarevich zadumchivo proch`. Budet on pomnit` pro czarskuyu doch`!
Confirmed with М. Ю. Лермонтов, Полное собрание стихотворений в 2 томах, Л.: Советский писатель. Ленинградское отделение, 1989. — Т. 2. Стихотворения и поэмы. 1837—1841, page 84.
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Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Морская царевна", written 1841 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by A. B. Kurakin (flourished c1877), "Морская царевна" [sung text not yet checked]
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