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! /// 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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- 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]
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