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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
Rabotájut davno.

Vstan', prosnis', podymis',
Na sebja pogljadi:
Chtó ty byl? i chtó stal?
I chto jest' u tebja?

Na gumne – ni snopa;
V zakromakh – ni zerna;
Na dvore, po trave –
Khot' sharom pokati.

Iz kletej domovoj
Sor metloju posmjol;
I loshadok za dolg
Po sosedjam razvjol.

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

Vspomni vremja svojo,
Kak katilos' ono
Po poljam, po lugam
Zolotoju rekoj!

So dvora i gumna
Po dorozhke bol'shoj
Po selam, gorodam,
Po torgovym ljudjam!

I kak dveri jemu
Rastvorjali vezde,
I v pochjotnom ugle
Bylo mesto tvojo!

A teper' pod oknom
Ty s nuzhdoju sidish'
I ves' den' na pechi
Bez prosypu lezhish'.

A v poljakh sirotoj
Khleb ne skoshen stoit.
Veter tochit zerno!
Ptica kljúet jego!

Chto ty spish', muzhichok?
Ved' uzh leto proshlo,
Ved' uzh osen' na dvor
Cherez prjaslo gljadit.

Vsled za neju zima
V tjoploj shube idjot,
Put' snezhkom poroshit,
Pod sanjami khrustit.

Vse sosedi za nikh
Khleb vezut, prodajut,
Sobirajut kaznu –
Brazhku kovshikom p'jut.

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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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