by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)
Mne ostalas' odna zabava
Language: Russian (Русский)
Mne ostalas' odna zabava: Pal'cy v rot - i veselyj svist. Prokatilas' durnaja slava, Čto pochabnik ja i skandalist. Ach! kakaja smešnaja poterja! Mnogo v žizni smešnych poter'. Stydno mne, čto ja v boga veril. Gor'ko mne, čto ne verju teper'. Zolotye, dalekie dali! Vse sžigaet žitejskaja mret'. I pochabničal ja i skandalil Dlja togo, čtoby jarče goret'. Dar poėta - laskat' i karjabat', Rokovaja na nem pečat'. Rozu beluju s černoju žaboj JA chotel na zemle povenčat'. Pust' ne sladilis', pust' ne sbylis' Ėti pomysly rozovych dnej. No kol' čerti v duše gnezdilis' - Značit, angely žili v nej. Vot za ėto veselie muti, Otpravljajas' s nej v kraj inoj, JA choču pri poslednej minute Poprosit' tech, kto budet so mnoj,- Čtob za vse za grechi moi tjažkie, Za neverie v blagodat' Položili menja v russkoj rubaške Pod ikonami umirat'.
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Confirmed with Строфы века. Антология русской поэзии., Сост. Е. Евтушенко, Минск, Москва: Полифакт, 1995.
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Authorship:
- by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), no title, written 1923 [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 Nikolayevich Malinin (b. 1958), "Забава" [sung text not yet checked]
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