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by Vasily Aleksandrovich Aliabev

Cherkes
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Obvernut burkoju shirokoj,
I luk, i strely za spinoj,
Cherkes nad propast'ju glubokoj
Stoit... I vskriknul udaloj:
"Chto gory vzdrognuli ot gula?
Chto grozno ropshchet po reke?
Ne stalo Tramova aula!"
A shashka zamerla v ruke.

O kon', tovarishch bystronogij,
Nagornykh skakunov krasa,
Kakoju skachesh' ty dorogoj,
Kakije vidish' nebesa?
Tvoj nyne korm - pshenica l' jara?
V tvojom zhe tesnom dennike
Razgul'e stalo ot pozhara -
A shashka zamerla v ruke...

Net sakli, gde cherkes svobodnyj
Na lozhe negi otdykhal
I sladostno kumys kholodnyj
Iz chashi bratskoj vypival.
Net ruzhej; net odezhd bogatykh;
Net pamjati o kunake,
Darov tekh druzhby vernoj vzjatykh -
A shashka zamerla v ruke...

"Najezdnikov ischezli sily,
Kak dymnyj par ot oblakov;
Net khrabrym na zemle mogily;
Sdruzhilsja s nimi vrana klev;
No udalomu l' soglasit'sja,
Chto na `El'bruse plena zvuk?!"
Skazal - i v bezdnu on stremitsja,
I shashka vypala iz ruk!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vasily Aleksandrovich Aliabev  [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Черкес", 1834. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-18
Line count: 32
Word count: 144

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