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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)

Sad
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Za e`tot ad,
Za e`tot bred,
Poshli mne sad
Na starost` let.

Na starost` let,
Na starost` bed:
Rabochix — let,
Gorbaty'x — let...

Na starost` let
Sobach`ix — klad:
Goryachix let —
Proxladny'j sad...

Dlya beglecza
Mne sad poshli:
Bez ni-licza,
Bez ni-dushi!

Sad: ni shazhka!
Sad: ni glazka!
Sad: ni smeshka!
Sad: ni svistka!

Bez ni-ushka
Mne sad poshli:
Bez ni-dushka!
Bez ni-dushi!

Skazhi: dovol`no mýki — ná
Sad — odinokij, kak sama.
(No okolo i Sam ne stan`!)
— Sad, odinokij, kak ty' Sam.

Takoj mne sad na starost` let...
— Tot sad? A mozhet by't` — tot svet? —
Na starost` let moix poshli —
Na otpushhenie dushi.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1934 [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 Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 - 2025), "Сад", published 1984 [ chorus a cappella ], from Hommage à Marina Tsvetayeva, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-06
Line count: 32
Word count: 112

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