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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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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