by Aleksandr Ivanovich Polezhayev (1804 - 1838)
Otchayanie
Language: Russian (Русский)
O, dajte mne kinzhal i yad, Moi druz`ya, moi zlodei! YA ponyal, ponyal zhizni ad, Mne serdce vy'sosali zmei!.. Smotryu na zhizn`, kak na pozor — Pora rasstat`sya s svoenravnoj I proiznest` ej prigovor Poslednij, strashny'j i besslavny'j! Chto v nej? Zachem ya na zemle Vlachu ubijstvennoe bremya?.. Skorej vo prax!.. V xolodnoj mgle Pokojno spit zemnoe plemya: Nichto pechal`noj tishiny' Kostej issoxshix ne trevozhit, I cherep myortvoj golovy' Odin lish` cherv` mogil`ny'j glozhet. Bezumstvo, strasti i toska, Lyubov`, otchayan`e, nadezhdy' I vse, chem slavilis` veka, Chem zhili genii, nevezhdy', — Vsyo praxu, vsyo zaplatit dan`, Do toj pory', poka priroda V slux unichtozhennogo roda Rechyot torzhestvenno: «Vosstan`!»
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Ivanovich Polezhayev (1804 - 1838), "Отчаяние", written 1836 [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 Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849 - 1911), as Войтех Иванович Главач, "Отчаяние" [sung text not yet checked]
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