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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

V tom kraju, gde zhjoltaja krapiva
Language: Russian (Русский) 
V tom kraju, gde zhjoltaja krapiva
‎I sukhoj pleten',
Prijutilis' k verbam sirotlivo
‎Izby dereven'.

Tam v poljakh, za sinej gushchej loga,
‎V zeleni ozjor,
Prolegla peschanaja doroga
‎Do sibirskikh gor.

Zaterjalas' Rus' v Mordve i Chudi,
‎Nipochem jej strakh.
I idut po toj doroge ljudi,
‎Ljudi v kandalakh.

Vse oni ubijcy ili vory,
‎Kak sudil im rok.
Poljubil ja grustnye ikh vzory
‎S vpadinami shchjok.

Mnogo zla ot radosti v ubijcakh,
‎Ikh serdca prosty.
No krivjatsja v pochernelykh licakh
‎Golubye rty.

Ja odnu mechtu, skryvaja, nezhu,
‎Chto ja serdcem chist.
No i ja kogo-nibud' zarezhu
‎Pod osennij svist.

I menja po vetrjanomu sveju,
‎Po tomu l' pesku,
Povedut s verjovkoju na sheje
‎Poljubit' tosku.

I kogda s ulybkoj mimokhodom
‎Rasprjamlju ja grud',
Jazykom zalizhet nepogoda
‎Prozhitoj moj put'.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Sviridov 

G. Sviridov sets stanzas 1-4, 6-8

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), no title [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), "В том краю, где жёлтая крапива", stanzas 1-4,6-8, from Поэма памяти Сергея Есенина (Po`ema pamjati Sergeja Jesenina), no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-28
Line count: 32
Word count: 129

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