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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

‎Na svetskie cepi
Language: Russian (Русский) 
‎Na svetskie cepi,
Na blesk utomitel`ny'j bala
‎Czvetushhie stepi
Ukrajny' ona promenyala,

‎No yuga rodnogo
Na nej soxranilas` primeta
‎Sredi ledyanogo,
Sredi besposhhadnogo sveta.

‎Kak nochi Ukrajny',
V merczanii zvezd nezakatny'x,
‎Ispolneny' tajny'
Slova ee ust aromatny'x,

‎Prozrachny' i sini,
Kak nebo tex stran, ee glazki,
‎Kak veter pusty'ni,
I nezhat i zhgut ee laski.

‎I zreyushhej slivy'
Rumyanecz na shhechkax pushisty'x,
‎I solncza otlivy'
Igrayut v kudryax zolotisty'x.

‎I, sleduya strogo
Pechal`noj otchizny' primeru,
‎V nadezhdu na boga
Xranit ona detskuyu veru.

‎Kak plemya rodnoe,
U chuzhdy'x opory' ne prosit
‎I v gordom pokoe
Nasmeshku i zlo perenosit.

‎Ot derzkogo vzora
V nej strasti ne vspy'xnut pozharom,
‎Polyubit ne skoro,
Zato ne razlyubit uzh darom.

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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 42.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "М. А. Щербатовой", written 1840 [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), "На светские цепи" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-12
Line count: 32
Word count: 116

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