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by Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin (1872 - 1936)

Sladko umeret`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Sladko umeret`
na pole bitvy'
pri sviste strel i kopij,
kogda zvuchit truba
i solnce svetit,
v polden`,
umiraya dlya slavy' otchizny'
i sly'sha vokrug:
``Proshhaj, geroj!``
Sladko umeret`
mastity'm starcem
v tom zhe dome,
na toj zhe krovati,
gde rodilis` i umerli dedy',
okruzhenny'm det`mi,
stavshimi uzhe muzhami,
i sly'sha vokrug:
``Proshhaj, otecz!``
No eshhyo slashhe,
eshhyo mudree,
istrativshi vsyo imen`e,
prodavshi poslednyuyu mel`niczu
dlya toj,
kotoruyu zavtra zaby'l by',
vernuvshis`
posle veseloj progulki
v uzhe prodanny'j dom,
pouzhinat`
i, prochitav rasskaz Apuleya
v sto pervy'j raz,
v teploj dushistoj vanne,
ne sly'sha nikakix proshhanij,
otkry't` sebe zhily';
i chtob v dlinnoe okno u potolka
paxlo levkoyami,
svetila zarya
i vdaleke by'li sly'shny' flejty'.

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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), "Сладко умереть", 1915-29 [voice and piano], from Iz Aleksandrijskikh pesen M. Kuzmina, no. 14. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-07
Line count: 37
Word count: 115

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