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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Chto ty' spish`, muzhichok?
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Chto ty' spish`, muzhichok?
Ved` vesna na dvore;
Ved` sosedi tvoi
Rabotáyut davno.

Vstan`, prosnis`, pody'mis`,
Na sebya poglyadi:
Chtó ty' by'l? i chtó stal?
I chto est` u tebya?

Na gumne – ni snopa;
V zakromax – ni zerna;
Na dvore, po trave –
Xot` sharom pokati.

Iz kletej domovoj
Sor metloyu posmyol;
I loshadok za dolg
Po sosedyam razvyol.

I pod lavkoj sunduk
Oprokinut lezhit;
I, pognuvshis`, izba,
Kak starushka stoit.

Vspomni vremya svoyo,
Kak katilos` ono
Po polyam, po lugam
Zolotoyu rekoj!

So dvora i gumna
Po dorozhke bol`shoj
Po selam, gorodam,
Po torgovy'm lyudyam!

I kak dveri emu
Rastvoryali vezde,
I v pochyotnom ugle
By'lo mesto tvoyo!

A teper` pod oknom
Ty' s nuzhdoyu sidish`
I ves` den` na pechi
Bez prosy'pu lezhish`.

A v polyax sirotoj
Xleb ne skoshen stoit.
Veter tochit zerno!
Pticza klyúet ego!

Chto ty' spish`, muzhichok?
Ved` uzh leto proshlo,
Ved` uzh osen` na dvor
Cherez pryaslo glyadit.

Vsled za neyu zima
V tyoploj shube idyot,
Put` snezhkom poroshit,
Pod sanyami xrustit.

Vse sosedi za nix
Xleb vezut, prodayut,
Sobirayut kaznu –
Brazhku kovshikom p`yut.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), no title, written 1839 [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 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Что ты спишь, мужичок", op. 27 no. 2 (1896) [ women's chorus or children's chorus ], Leipzig, Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-07
Line count: 52
Word count: 184

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