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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Tak zhit` nel`zya! V razumnosti pritvornoj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tak zhit` nel`zya! V razumnosti pritvornoj,
S toskoj v dushe i xolodom v krovi,
Bez yunosti, bez very' zhivotvornoj,
Bez zhguchix muk i schastiya lyubvi,
Bez tixix slez i gromkogo vesel`ya,
V tomlenii nemogo zaby't`ya,
V uny'nii razvrata i bezdel`ya...
Net, drugi, net - tak dol`she zhit` nel`zya!
Somnenij noch` otrady' ne prinosit,
Klevet i lzhi naskuchili slova,
Pomerkshij vzor luchej i solncza prosit,
Ustaly'j dux alkaet bozhestva.
No ne prozret` nam k solnczu skvoz` tumana,
No ne najti nam boga v dal`noj t`me:
Nas derzhit vlast` pobednogo obmana,
Kak uznikov v okovax i tyur`me.
Ne veet v mir mechty' zhivoj dy'xan`e,
Tvoryashhix sil issyaknula struya,
I lish` odno ne umerlo soznan`e-
Ne to prizy'v, ne to vospominan`e, -
Ono tverdit: tak dol`she zhit` nel`zya!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), no title, written 1884 [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 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Kiryakov , "Так жить нельзя!" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-16
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