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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Para gnedy'x
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Para gnedy'x, zapryazhenny'x s zareyu,
Toshhik, golodny'x i grustny'x na vid,
Vechno bredete vy' melkoj ry'sczoyu,
Vechno kuda-to vash kucher speshit.
By'li kogda-to i vy' ry'sakami
I kucherov vy' imeli lixix,
Vasha xozyajka sostarilas` s vami,
Para gnedy'x! Para gnedy'x!...

Vasha xozyajka v starinny'e gody'
Mnogo xozyaev imela sama,
Opy'tny'x v dom privlekala iz mody',
Bolee nezhny'x svodila s uma.
Tayal poroj kapital u iny'x;
Chasto stoyat` na konyushne mogli vy',
Para gnedy'x! Para gnedy'x!...

Grek iz Odessy', evrej iz Varshavy',
Yuny'j kornet i sedoj general -
Kazhdy'j iskal v nej lyubvi i zabavy'
I na grudi u neyo zasy'pal.
Gde zhe oni, v kakoj novoj bogine
Ishhut teper` idealov svoix?
Vy', tol`ko vy' i verny' ej dony'ne,
Para gnedy'x! Para gnedy'x!

Vot otchego, zapryagayas` s zareyu
I golodaya po neskol`ku dnej,
Vy' podvigaetes` melkoj ry'sczoyu
I vozbuzhdaete smex u lyudej.
Starost`, kak noch`, vam i ej ugrozhaet,
Govor tolpy' nevozvratno zatix.
I tol`ko knut vas poroyu laskaet,
Para gnedy'x! Para gnedy'x!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Пара гнедых", first published 187-? [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Пара гнедых" [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 31
Word count: 161

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