by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)
Mne ostalas` odna zabava
Language: Russian (Русский)
Mne ostalas` odna zabava: Pal`cy' v rot - i vesely'j svist. Prokatilas` durnaya slava, Chto poxabnik ya i skandalist. Ax! kakaya smeshnaya poterya! Mnogo v zhizni smeshny'x poter`. Sty'dno mne, chto ya v boga veril. Gor`ko mne, chto ne veryu teper`. Zoloty'e, dalekie dali! Vse szhigaet zhitejskaya mret`. I poxabnichal ya i skandalil Dlya togo, chtoby' yarche goret`. Dar poe`ta - laskat` i karyabat`, Rokovaya na nem pechat`. Rozu beluyu s chernoyu zhaboj YA xotel na zemle povenchat`. Pust` ne sladilis`, pust` ne sby'lis` E`ti pomy'sly' rozovy'x dnej. No kol` cherti v dushe gnezdilis` - Znachit, angely' zhili v nej. Vot za e`to veselie muti, Otpravlyayas` s nej v kraj inoj, YA xochu pri poslednej minute Poprosit` tex, kto budet so mnoj,- Chtob za vse za grexi moi tyazhkie, Za neverie v blagodat` Polozhili menya v russkoj rubashke 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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