Katerina
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vyanet, propadaet krasota moya!
Ot lixogo muzha net v domu zhit`ya.

P`yany'j vse kolotit, trezvy'j vse vorchit,
Sam chto ni popalo iz domu tashhit!

Ne togo zhdala ya, kak ya shla k venczu!
K bratczu ya xodila, plakalas` otczu,

Plakalas` sosedyam, plakalas` rodnoj,
Lyudi ne zhaleyut – ni chuzhoj, ni svoj!

«Poterpi, rodnaya, - stariki tverdyat: -
Milogo poboi ne dolgo bolyat!»

Est` soldatik – Fedya, dal`nyaya rodnya,
On odin zhaleet, lyubit on menya;

Podmignu ya Fede – s Fedej my' vdvoem
Daleko xlebami za selo pojdem.

Vsyu otkroyu dushu, vy'plachu pechal`,
Vse otdam ya Fede – vse, chego ne zhal`!

«Gde ty' propadala?» - sprosit muzhenek.
«Gde by'la, tam netu! tak-to, mil druzhok!

Posmotret` xodila, vy'soka li rozh`!» -
«Ax ty', dura baba! ty' eshhe i vresh`…»

Stanet goryachit`sya, stanet poprekat`…
Pust` sebe branitsya, mne ne privy'kat`!

A i pokolotit – ne velik naklad, -
Milogo poboi ne dolgo bolyat!

Confirmed with Николай Алексеевич Некрасов, Стихотворения, 1869 г., ч. IV.


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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), [adaptation] ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.

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