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by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852)

Vernost' do groba
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Mladoj Roger svoj ostryj mech beret :
Zaveru, chest' i rodinu srazit'sja !
Gotov on v boj ... no k miloj on idet
V poslednij raz s prekrasnoju prostit'sja.
   "Ne plach' : nad nami shchit tvorca,
   Jeshche nas nebo ne zabylo,
   Ja budu veren do konca 
   Svobode, muzhestvu i miloj."

Skazal, svoj shlem nadvinul, poskakal ;
Druzhina s nim ; kipjat serdca ikh bojem ;
I skoro stroj neustrashimyj stal
Pered vragov neobozrimym strojem.
  «Sej vid ne strashen dlja bojca ;
   I smert' li nebo mne sulilo --
   Ostanus' veren do konca
   Svobode, muzhestvu i miloj” »

I na vraga vzor mesti brosiv, on
Vletel v rjady, kak plamen'-istrebitel' ;
I vspykhnul boj, i vrag uzh istreblen,
No ... pobediv, srazhen i pobeditel'ju.
   On pochest' brannogo venca
   Prijal s bezvremennoj mogiloj,
   I byl on beren do konca
   Svobode, muzhestvu i miloj.

No gde zhe ty, pevec velikikh del ?
Il' pesn' tvoja tvojej sud'boju stala ? ..
Jego uzh net ; on v kraj tot uletel,
Kuda davno mechta jego letala.
   On pal v boju -- i glas pevca
   Bessmertno delo osvjatilo ;
   I on byl veren do konca
   Svobode, muzhestvu i miloj.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852) [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), "Верность до гроба", published 1818 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-27
Line count: 32
Word count: 177

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