by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Prostye slova
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ty - zvezda na polnočnom nebe,
ty - vesennij cvetok polej;
ty - rubin il' almaz blestjaščij,
ty - luč solnca, vo t'me svetjaščij,
čarovnica i carica krasoty!
Tak po strunam brjacaja lirnym,
t'my pevcov o tebe pojut.
Slavy nektar toboj izvedan,
mne ž dar pesen ot boga ne dan,
ja prostye skažu slova:
,,Ty - moj drug, ty - moja opora,
ty - mne žizn', ty mne vse i vsë...
Ty mne vozduch i chleb nasuščnyj,
ty - dvojnik moj edinosuščnyj,
ty - otrada i uslada dnej moich!
Pust', po strunam brjacaja lirnym,
t'my pevcov o tebe pojut.``
Slavy nektar toboj izvedan,
mne ž dar pesen ot boga ne dan,
kak sumel, kak sumel, tak i skazal!

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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