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by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861)

Vyryta zastupom jama glubokaja
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vyryta zastupom jama glubokaja,
Žizn' nevesëlaja, žizn' odinokaja,
Žizn' besprijutnaja, žizn' terpelivaja,
Žizn', kak osennjaja noč', molčalivaja, —
Gor'ko ona, moja bednaja, šla
I, kak stepnoj ogonëk, zamerla.
Čto že? usni, moja dolja surovaja!
Krepko zakroetsja kryška sosnovaja,
Plotno syroju zemlëju pridavitsja,
Tol'ko odnim čelovekom ubavitsja…
Ubyl' ego nikomu ne bol'na,
Pamjat' o nëm nikomu ne nužna!..
Vot ona — slyšitsja pesn' bezzabotnaja,
Gost'ja pogosta, pevun'ja zalëtnaja,
V vozduche sinem na vole kupaetsja;
Zvonkaja pesn' serebrom rassypaetsja…
Tiše!.. O žizni pokončen vopros.
Bol'še ne nužno ni pesen, ni slëz!

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Confirmed with И. С. Никитин, Полное собрание стихотворений, М. ; Л.: Советский писатель, 1965.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824 - 1861), no title, written 1860 [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 Nikolay Dmitrevich Dmitriev (1829 - 1893), "Вырыта заступом яма глубокая" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Aleksandrovich Kopylov (1854 - 1911), "Вырыта заступом яма глубокая" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by V. Mandel'shtam , "Вырыта заступом яма глубокая" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 89

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