Jesli, drug, tebe sgrustnetsja
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Jesli, drug, tebe sgrustnetsja,
Ty ne dujsja, ne serdis':
Vsjo s godami pronesetsja —
Ulybnis' i razgrustis'.
Dev izmeny molodye
I nevernyj put' chestej
I mgnoven'ja skuki zlye
Stojat li toski tvojej?

Ne ishchi strastej tjazhelykh;
I pokuda bog dajet,
Nektar pej chasov veselykh;
A pechal' sama pridet.
I, ljudej ne preziraja,
Ne beris' uchit' drugikh;
Luchshim byt' ne vobrazhaja,
Skoro ty poljubish' ikh.

Serdce glupoje tvoren'e,
No i s serdcem mozhno zhit',
I bezumnoje volnen'e
Mozhno takzhe ukrotit'...
Beden! kto, sud'by v nenast'e
Vse nadezhdy ispytav,
Nakonec nakhodit schast'e,
Chuvstvo schast'ja poterjav.

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