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by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)

Cyganka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Vperedi bol'shak, podvoda.
Staryj pes u kolesa, -
Vperedi opjat' svoboda,
Step', prostor i nebesa.

No pritvorshchica otstala,
Lovko semechki gryzet,
Govorit, chto v serdce zhalo,
Jad gorjuchij uneset.

Govorit... A chto zh igrajet
Jarkij ugol'nyj zrachok?
Solncem, zolotom sijajet,
No besstrasten i daljok.

Skol'ko jubok! Nogu strojno
Oblegajet bashmachok.
Stan struitsja bespokojno,
I zhemchuzhna smuglost' shchjok...

Vperedi bol'shak, podvoda,
Staryj pes u kolesa,
Schast'e, molodost', svoboda,
Solnce, stepi, nebesa.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), "Цыганка", written 1889 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Yury Klepalov , "Цыганка", published 1996 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 69

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