Davno li cvel zelenyj dol, Les šelestel listvoj, I každyj list byl svež i čist Ot vlagi doždevoj. Gde ėtot letnij raj? Lesnaja gluš' mertva. No snova maj pridet v naš kraj I zašumit listva... No ni vesnoj, ni v letnij znoj S sebja ja ne strjachnu Tjaželyj sled prošedšich let, Pečal' i sedinu. Pod starost' kratok den', A noč' bez sna dlinna. I dvaždy v god k nam ne pridet Sčastlivaja vesna.
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Text 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