by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
Translation Singable translation by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Tomu, kto xochet zhit` legko
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Tomu, kto xochet zhit` legko,
druz`ya, neobxodimo,
chtob v kubke penilos` vino,
ne prolivayas` mimo.
Kto bol`she p`yot, tot i umnej p`yot,
tomu zhivetsya veselej
i legche, i privol`nej.

Kak nad dolinoj cepi gor,
vy'soko nad tolpoyu stoit mudrecz,
chto s rannix por
k vinu privy'k dushoyu.
Zlatit vershiny' svet dnevnoj
i v vlage denistoj zhivoj
prirodu otrazhaet.

Skazhite, chto nam svet dayot
po-mimo op`yanen`ya?
Net, tot neschastny'j, chto ne p`yot,
dostoin sozhalen`ya.
Odno lish` znayu ya cennej;
kogda s Gafizoyu moej
my' vremya korotaem.

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