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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Nu, staraya, gadaj! Toska mne serdce...
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Nu, staraya, gadaj! Toska mne serdce glozhet,
Veseloj boltovnej menya razveseli,
Avos` tvoj razgovor ubit` chasy' pomozhet,
I skuchny'j den` projdet, kak mnogie proshli!

"Ox, ne greshno l` v voskresenie?
S nami Gospodnyaya sila!
Tyazhko moe pregreshenie...
Nu, da uzh ya razlozhila!

Edesh` v dorogu ty' dal`nuyu,
Put` tvoj ne vesel obratny'j:
Novost` usly'shish` pechal`nuyu
I razgovor nepriyatny'j.

Vidish`: bol`shaya kompaniya
Vmeste s toboj veselitsya,
No ispolnen`ya zhelaniya
Luchshe ne zhdi: ne sluchitsya.

Chto-to grozit neizvestnoe...
Karty'-to, karty' kakie!
Budet pis`mo interesnoe,
Xlopoty' budut bol`shie!

Na serdce dama chervonnaya...
S gordoj dushoyu takoyu:
Slovno k tebe blagosklonnaya,
Slovno igraet toboyu!

Glyadya v liczo ee strogoe,
Grusten i robok ty' budesh`:
Xochesh` skazat` ej pro mnogoe,
Svidish`sya,- vse pozabudesh`!

My'sli tvoi vse chervonny'e,
Slezy'-to budto iz lejki,
Dumushki, nochi bessonny'e,-
Vse ot nee, ot zlodejki!

Volyushka krepkaya skruchena,
Slovno ditya ty' pred neyu...
Kak tvoe serdce zamucheno,
YA i skazat` ne umeyu!

Tyanutsya dni nesterpimy'e,
My'sli spletayutsya zly'e...
Batyushki svety' rodimy'e!
Karty'-to, karty' kakie!"

Umolkla staraya. V zloveshhej tishine
Nasupivshis` sidit. - Skazhi, chto e`to znachit?
Staruxa, chto s toboj? Ty' plachesh` obo mne?
Tak tol`ko mat` odna ob detskom gore plachet,
I stoit li togo? - YA znayu napered
Vse to, chto sbudetsya, i ne ropshhu na Boga:
Doroga vy'jdet mne, i gore podojdet,
Tam budut xlopoty', a tam opyat` doroga...
Nu polno zhe, ne plach`! Gadaj il` govori,
Pust` golos tvoj zvuchit mne pesnej poxoronnoj,
No tol`ko, staraya, mne v serdce ne smotri
I ne rasskazy'vaj ob dame ob chervonnoj!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Гаданье", written c1860 [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 Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Гаданье", op. 61 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Petrovich Vasilyev , "Гадание" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-13
Line count: 52
Word count: 249

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