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

Tak zhit' nel'zja! V razumnosti pritvornoj
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tak zhit' nel'zja! V razumnosti pritvornoj,
S toskoj v dushe i kholodom v krovi,
Bez junosti, bez very zhivotvornoj,
Bez zhguchikh muk i schastija ljubvi,
Bez tikhikh slez i gromkogo vesel'ja,
V tomlenii nemogo zabyt'ja,
V unynii razvrata i bezdel'ja...
Net, drugi, net - tak dol'she zhit' nel'zja!
Somnenij noch' otrady ne prinosit,
Klevet i lzhi naskuchili slova,
Pomerkshij vzor luchej i solnca prosit,
Ustalyj dukh alkajet bozhestva.
No ne prozret' nam k solncu skvoz' tumana,
No ne najti nam boga v dal'noj t'me:
Nas derzhit vlast' pobednogo obmana,
Kak uznikov v okovakh i tjur'me.
Ne vejet v mir mechty zhivoj dykhan'e,
Tvorjashchikh sil issjaknula struja,
I lish' odno ne umerlo soznan'e-
Ne to prizyv, ne to vospominan'e, -
Ono tverdit: tak dol'she zhit' nel'zja!

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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
Line count: 21
Word count: 123

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