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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Sud`ba
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
S svoej poxodnoyu  klyukoj,
S svoimi  mrachny'mi  ochami,
Sud`ba, kak grozny'j chasovoj,
Povsyudu sleduet za nami.
Bedoj liczo eyo grozit,
Ona v ugrozax posedela,
Ona uzh mnogix odolela,
I vse stuchit, i vse stuchit:
     Stuk, stuk, stuk...
        Polno, drug,
Bros` za schastiem gonyat`sya!
     Stuk, stuk, stuk...

Bednyak sovsem obzhilsya s nej:
Ruka s rukoj oni gulyayut,
Sbirayut  vmeste xleb s polej,
V  nagradu vmeste golodayut.
Den`  cely'j dozhd`  ego kropit,
Po  vecheram laskaet v`yuga,
A  noch`yu s gorya da s ispuga
Sud`ba skvoz` son emu stuchit:
     Stuk, stuk, stuk...
         Glyan`-ka, drug,
Kak  drugie pozhivayut!
     Stuk, stuk, stuk...

Drugie prazdnovat` soshlis`
Bogatstvo, molodost` i slavu.
Ix pesni radostno neslis`,
Vino smenilos` im v zabavu;
Davno uzh  pir u nix shumit,
No smolkli  vdrug, bledneya, gosti...
Rukoj, drozhashheyu  ot zlosti,
Sud`ba v okoshko  k nim stuchit:
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...
        Novy'j  drug
K vam  prishyol, gotov`te mesto!
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...

Geroj na zhertvu vse prines.
On  govoril, chto lyudi brat`ya,
Za  brat`ev prolil mnogo slez,
Za  slezy' sly'shal ix proklyat`ya.
On  verno slaby'x zashhitit,
On  k nim pridet, doloj s dorogi!
No  otchego zh nedvizhny'  nogi
I  chto-to na nogax stuchit?
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...
        Skovan  drug
Chelovechestva, svobody'...
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...

No  est` zhe schast`e na zemle!
Odnazhdy',  polny'j  ozhidan`ya,
S vostorgom yuny'm  na chele
Prishyol  schastlivecz na svidan`e!
Eshhyo  odin on, vse molchit,
Zarya za roshhej potuxaet,
I solovej uzh zatixaet,
A serdce b`yotsya i stuchit:
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...
        Mily'j drug,
Ty' pridyosh` li na svidan`e?
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...

No  vot idyot ona, i vmig
Lyubov`, trevoga, ozhidan`e,
Blazhenstvo - vse slilos` u nix
V odno bezumnoe lobzan`e!
Nemaya noch` na nix glyadit,
Vsyo nebo zalito ognyami,
A kto-to tixo za kustami
Klyukoj dokuchnoyu stuchit:
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...
        Stary'j drug
K vam prishyol, dovol`no schast`ya!
    Stuk, stuk, stuk...

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   S. Rachmaninov 

S. Rachmaninov sets stanzas 1-3, 5-6

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Судьба", subtitle: "К 5-й симфонии Бетховена", written 1863, first published 1886 [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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Судьба", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 1 (1899-1900), published 1900, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ voice and piano ], note: first published separately [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Rianne Stam) , "Fate", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 72
Word count: 295

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