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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 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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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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