by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Dlja chego ja ne rodilsja
Language: Russian (Русский)
Dlja chego ja ne rodilsja `Etoj sineju volnoj? Kak by shumno ja katilsja Pod serebrjanoj lunoj, O, kak strastno ja lobzal by Zolotistyj moj pesok, Kak nadmenno preziral by Nedoverchivyj chelnok; Vsjo, chem tak gordjatsja ljudi, Moj nabeg by razrushal; I k mojej studenoj grudi Ja b stradal'cev prizhimal; Ne strashilsja b muki ada, Rajem ne byl by prel'shchen; Bespokojstvo i prokhlada Byli b vechnyj moj zakon; Ne iskal by ja zabven'ja V dal'nem severnom kraju; Byl by volen ot rozhden'ja Zhit' i konchit' zhizn' moju!
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- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1832 [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 Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov (1901 - 1965), "Для чего я не родился" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yury Petrovich Suldin (b. 1987), "Для чего я не родился" [sung text not yet checked]
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