by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Esli ty' xochesh` prozhit` bezmyatezhno,...
Language: Russian (Русский)
Esli ty' xochesh` prozhit` bezmyatezhno, bezburno, Gorechi zhizni ne znaya, do starosti pozdnej, - Druga sebe ne ishhi i nich`im ne zovi sebya drugom: Men`she ty' radostej vkusish`, men`she i gorya!
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- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1842 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Yury Sergeyevich Sakhnovsky (b. 1866), "Если ты хочешь прожить безмятежно" [sung text not yet checked]
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