Давно ли цвел зеленый дол, Лес шелестел листвой, И каждый лист был свеж и чист От влаги дождевой. Где этот летний рай? Лесная глушь мертва. Но снова май придет в наш край И зашумит листва... Но ни весной, ни в летний зной С себя я не стряхну Тяжелый след прошедших лет, Печаль и седину. Под старость краток день, А ночь без сна длинна. И дважды в год к нам не придет Счастливая весна.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin (b. 1937), "Давно ли цвел", from Весёлые и грустные песни (Vesjolyje i grustnyje pesni) = Cheerful and Sad Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 73