Usni, pechal'nyj drug, uzhe s grjadushchej t'moj
Vechernij alyj svet slivajetsja vsjo bole;
Blejashchije stada vernulisja domoj,
I uleglasja pyl' na opustelom pole.

Da snidet angel sna, prekrasen i krylat,
I da pereneset tebja on v zhizn' inuju!
Izdavna byl on mne v pechali drug i brat,
Usni, mojo ditja, k nemu ja ne revnuju!

Na rany serdca on zabvenije prol'et,
Pytlivuju tosku ot razuma [otymet]1
I s gorestnoj dushi na nej lezhashchij gnet
Do novogo utra nezrimo [pripodymet]2.

Tomimaja ves' den' dushevnoju bor'boj,
Ot vzorov i rechej vrazhdebnykh ty ustala,
Usni, mojo ditja, mezh nimi i toboj
On blagostnoj rukoj opustit pokryvalo!

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "otnimet"
² Tchaikovsky: "pripodnimet"

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), 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 Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Усни, печальный друг", op. 301 no. 14 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from 20 Lieder nach Alexei K. Tolstoi, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Усни, печальный друг", op. 39 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 4 (1897), also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Усни, печальный друг" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "Усни, печальный друг", op. 24 (Six Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 3, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Усни, печальный друг", op. 47 (Семь романсов = Sem' romansov (Seven romances)) no. 4 (1880) [sung text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (1807 - 1893) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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