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, Chto pokhabnik ja i skandalist. Akh! kakaja smeshnaja poterja! Mnogo v zhizni smeshnykh poter'. Stydno mne, chto ja v boga veril. Gor'ko mne, chto ne verju teper'. Zolotye, dalekije dali! Vse szhigajet zhitejskaja mret'. I pokhabnichal ja i skandalil Dlja togo, chtoby jarche goret'. Dar po`eta - laskat' i karjabat', Rokovaja na nem pechat'. Rozu beluju s chernoju zhaboj Ja khotel na zemle povenchat'. Pust' ne sladilis', pust' ne sbylis' `Eti pomysly rozovykh dnej. No kol' cherti v dushe gnezdilis' - Znachit, angely zhili v nej. Vot za `eto veselije muti, Otpravljajas' s nej v kraj inoj, Ja khochu pri poslednej minute Poprosit' tekh, kto budet so mnoj,- Chtob za vse za grekhi moi tjazhkije, Za neverije v blagodat' Polozhili menja 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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