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by Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin (1872 - 1936)

Chto zh delat`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Chto zh delat`,
chto bagryanecz vechernix oblakov
na zelenovatom nebe,
kogda sleva uzh viden mesyacz
i kosmato-ogromnaya zvezda,
predvestnicza nochi, -
by'stro bledneet,
taet
sovsem na glazax? Chto put` po shirokoj doroge
mezhdu derev`ev mimo mel`nicz,
by'vshix kogda-to moimi,
no promenyanny'x na zapyast`ya tebe,
gde my' edem s toboj,
konchaetsya tam za povorotom
xotya b i privetlivy'm
domom
sovsem sejchas?
Chto moi stixi,
dorogie mne,
tak zhe, kak Kallimaxu
i vsyakomu drugomu velikomu,
kuda ya vlagayu lyubov` i vsyu nezhnost`,
i lyogkie ot bogov my'sli,
otrada utr moix,
kogda nebo yasno
i v okna paxnet zhasminom,
zavtra
zabudutsya, kak i vsyo?
Chto perestanu ya videt`
tvoyo liczo,
sly'shat` tvoj golos?
Chto vy'p`etsya vino,
uletuchatsya aromaty'
i sami dorogie tkani
istleyut
cherez stolet`ya? Razve men`she ya stanu lyubit`
e`ti mily'e xrupkie veshhi
za ix tlennost`?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin (1872 - 1936), first published 1905-8? [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 Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Что ж делать", 1915-29 [voice and piano], from Iz Aleksandrijskikh pesen M. Kuzmina, no. 12. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-07
Line count: 38
Word count: 133

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