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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)

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

I ch'i glaza, kak brillianty,
Na serdce vyrezali sled —
Ocharovatel'nye franty
Minuvshikh let.

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

Vas okhranjala dlan' Gospodnja
I serdce materi. Vchera —
Maljutki-mal'chiki, segodnja —
Oficera.

Vam vse vershiny byli maly
I mjagok — samyj cherstvyj khleb,
O, molodye generaly
Svoikh sudeb!

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Akh, na gravjure polustertoj,
V odin velikolepnyj mig,
Ja vstretila, Tuchkov-chetvertyj,
Vash nezhnyj lik,

I vashu khrupkuju figuru,
I zolotye ordena…
I ja, pocelovav gravjuru,
Ne znala sna.

O, kak — mne kazhetsja — mogli vy
Rukoju, polnoju perstnej,
I kudri dev laskat' — i grivy
Svoikh konej.

V odnoj neverojatnoj skachke
Vy prozhili svoj kratkij vek…
I vashi kudri, vashi bachki
Zasypal sneg.

Tri sotni pobezhdalo — troje!
Lish' mertvyj ne vstaval s zemli.
Vy byli deti i geroi,
Vy vse mogli.

Chto tak zhe trogatel'no-juno,
Kak vasha beshenaja rat'?..
Vas zlatokudraja Fortuna
Vela, kak mat'.

Vy pobezhdali i ljubili
Ljubov' i sabli ostrije —
I veselo perekhodili
V nebytije.

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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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