Kovarnoj zhizn`yu nedovol`ny'j
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Kovarnoj zhizn`yu nedovol`ny'j,
Obmanut nizkoj klevetoj,
Letel izgnannik samovol`ny'j
V stranu Italii zlatoj.
«Zabudu l` vas, — skazal on, — drugi?
Tebya, o severa vino?
Zabudu l`, v mirny'e dosugi
Kak veselilo nas ono?

Snega i vixr` zimy' xolodnoj,
Goryachij vzor moskovskix dev,
I balalajki zvuk narodny'j,
I tomny'j vechera pripev?
Dusha dushi moej! tebya li
Zagladyat v pamyati moej:
Strana dalekaya, pechali,
Yazy'k prezritel`ny'x lyudej?

Net! i pod mirtom izumrudny'm,
I na Gel`vecii skalax,
I v grade Rima mnogolyudnom
Vsyo budesh` ty' v moix ochax!»
V kolyasku sel, dorogoj skuchnoj,
Zakry'vshis` v plashh, on poskakal;
A kolokol`chik odnozvuchny'j
Zvenel, zvenel i propadal!

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Confirmed with М. Ю. Лермонтов, Полное собрание стихотворений в 2 томах, Л.: Советский писатель. Ленинградское отделение, 1989, Т. 1. Стихотворения и драмы. 1828—1836, pages 69-70.


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