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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Sokhrani moju rech' navsegda za privkus...
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Sokhrani moju rech' navsegda za privkus neschast'ja i dyma,
Za smolu krugovogo terpen'ja, za sovestnyj degot' truda.
Kak voda v novgorodskikh kolodcakh dolzhna byt' cherna i sladima,
Chtoby v nej k Rozhdestvu otrazilas' sem'ju plavnikami zvezda.

I za `eto, otec moj, moj drug i pomoshchnik moj grubyj,
Ja — nepriznannyj brat, otshchepenec v narodnoj sem'e, —
Obeshchaju postroit' takije dremuchije sruby,
Chtoby v nikh tatarva opuskala knjazej na bad'e.

Lish' by tol'ko ljubili menja `eti merzlye plakhi —
Kak priceljas' na smert' gorodki zashibajut v sadu, —
Ja za `eto vsju zhizn' prokhozhu khot' v zheleznoj rubakhe
I dlja kazni petrovskoj v lesakh toporishche najdu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938), no title, written 1931 [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 Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (b. 1932), "Сохрани мою речь", 2002, published 2005 [ tenor, narrator and piano ], from Век мой, зверь мой = My Age, My Wild Beast = Meine Zeit, mein Raubtier, no. 11, Schott Music International & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 105

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