by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836 - 1861)
Zhaloba rebyonka
Language: Russian (Русский)
Dlya chego vy' svyazali mne ruki? Dlya chego spelenali menya? Dlya chego na zhitejskie muki Obrekli menya s pervogo dnya? Eshhe mnogo nosit` mne pridetsya Na dushe i na tele cepej; Vkrug kipuchej grudi obov`etsya Mnogo, mnogo gubitel`ny'x zmej. Starinoj osvyashhenny'j oby'chaj, Cheloveka pristrastny'j zakon, Predpisaniya modny'x prilichij... Imi budu vsyu zhizn` ya stesnen. Dajte zh mne xotya v detstve svobodu, Dajte vol`no vsej grud`yu vzdoxnut`! Chtob ya posle, v tyazhely'e gody', Mog xot` detstvo dobrom pomyanut`!
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Text Authorship:
- by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836 - 1861), "Жалоба ребёнка", written 1856 [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 Sergey Lvovich Tolstoy (1863 - 1947), "Жалоба ребёнка" [sung text not yet checked]
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