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! /// 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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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]
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