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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)

Generalam dvenadczatogo goda
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vy', ch`i shirokie shineli
Napominali parusa,
Ch`i shpory' veselo zveneli
I golosa.

I ch`i glaza, kak brillianty',
Na serdce vy'rezali sled —
Ocharovatel`ny'e franty'
Minuvshix let.

Odnim ozhestochen`em voli
Vy' brali serdce i skalu, —
Czari na kazhdom brannom pole
I na balu.

Vas oxranyala dlan` Gospodnya
I serdce materi. Vchera —
Malyutki-mal`chiki, segodnya —
Oficera.

Vam vse vershiny' by'li maly'
I myagok — samy'j cherstvy'j xleb,
O, molody'e generaly'
Svoix sudeb!

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Ax, na gravyure polustertoj,
V odin velikolepny'j mig,
YA vstretila, Tuchkov-chetverty'j,
Vash nezhny'j lik,

I vashu xrupkuyu figuru,
I zoloty'e ordena…
I ya, pocelovav gravyuru,
Ne znala sna.

O, kak — mne kazhetsya — mogli vy'
Rukoyu, polnoyu perstnej,
I kudri dev laskat` — i grivy'
Svoix konej.

V odnoj neveroyatnoj skachke
Vy' prozhili svoj kratkij vek…
I vashi kudri, vashi bachki
Zasy'pal sneg.

Tri sotni pobezhdalo — troe!
Lish` mertvy'j ne vstaval s zemli.
Vy' by'li deti i geroi,
Vy' vse mogli.

Chto tak zhe trogatel`no-yuno,
Kak vasha beshenaya rat`?..
Vas zlatokudraya Fortuna
Vela, kak mat`.

Vy' pobezhdali i lyubili
Lyubov` i sabli ostrie —
I veselo perexodili
V neby'tie.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), "Генералам двенадцатого года" [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 Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (1930 - 2006), "Генералам двенадцатого года" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-23
Line count: 49
Word count: 184

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