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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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Text 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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-13
Line count: 28
Word count: 138

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