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by Tat'yana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874 - 1952)

Я хочу быть сво­бод­ной
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Я хочу быть сво­бод­ной
Сво­бод­ной,
Точно ветер хо­лод­ный
Иль жгу­чий,
Что иг­ра­ет с небес­ной тучей.
 
Я хочу быть сво­бод­ной,
Сво­бод­ной,
Как поток мно­го­вод­ный,
Мя­теж­ный,
Что стре­мит­ся к пу­чине без­бреж­ной.
 
Я хочу быть сво­бод­ной,
Сво­бод­ной,
Как орел бла­го­род­ный,
Мо­гу­чий,
Что ви­та­ет над гор­ною кру­чей.
 
Да, я жажду сво­бо­ды,
Сво­бо­ды!
Пусть живу я не годы —
Мгно­ве­нья:
В ней вос­торг, в ней огонь вдох­но­ве­нья…
Я умру, я умру без сво­бо­ды.

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  • by Tat'yana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874 - 1952), no title, written 1906 [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 Georgy Konstantinovich Pakhiopulo (b. 1872), "Credo" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-22
Line count: 21
Word count: 68

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