Katerina
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vjanet, propadajet krasota moja!
Ot likhogo muzha net v domu zhit'ja.

P'janyj vse kolotit, trezvyj vse vorchit,
Sam chto ni popalo iz domu tashchit!

Ne togo zhdala ja, kak ja shla k vencu!
K bratcu ja khodila, plakalas' otcu,

Plakalas' sosedjam, plakalas' rodnoj,
Ljudi ne zhalejut – ni chuzhoj, ni svoj!

«Poterpi, rodnaja, - stariki tverdjat: -
Milogo poboi ne dolgo boljat!»

Jest' soldatik – Fedja, dal'njaja rodnja,
On odin zhalejet, ljubit on menja;

Podmignu ja Fede – s Fedej my vdvojem
Daleko khlebami za selo pojdem.

Vsju otkroju dushu, vyplachu pechal',
Vse otdam ja Fede – vse, chego ne zhal'!

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

Posmotret' khodila, vysoka li rozh'!» -
«Akh ty, dura baba! ty jeshche i vresh'…»

Stanet gorjachit'sja, stanet poprekat'…
Pust' sebe branitsja, mne ne privykat'!

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

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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