by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)
Nu, celuj menya, celuj
Language: Russian (Русский)
Nu, celuj menya, celuj, Xot` do krovi, xot` do boli. Ne v ladu s xolodnoj volej Kipyatok serdechny'x struj. Oprokinutaya kruzhka Sred` vesyoly'x ne dlya nas. Ponimaj, moya podruzhka, Na zemle zhivut lish` raz! Oglyadis` spokojny'm vzorom, Posmotri: vo mgle sy'roj Mesyacz, slovno zhyolty'j voron, Kruzhit, v`yotsya nad zemlyoj. Nu, celuj zhe! Tak xochu ya. Pesnyu tlen propel i mne. Vidno, smert` moyu pochuyal Tot, kto v`yotsya v vy'shine. Uvyadayushhaya sila! Umirat` — tak umirat`! Do konchiny' guby' miloj YA xotel by' celovat`. Chtob vsyo vremya v sinix dryomax, Ne sty'dyas` i ne taya, V nezhnom sheleste cheryomux Razdavalos`: «Ya tvoya». I chtob svet nad polnoj kruzhkoj Lyogkoj penoj ne pogas — [Pej i poj]1, moya podruzhka: Na zemle zhivut lish` raz!
G. Sviridov sets stanzas 1-2, 5-7
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Authorship:
- by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), no title, written 1925 [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "На земле живут лишь раз", stanzas 1-2,5-7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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