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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Pis'mo materi
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ty živa eščë, moja staruška? 
Živ i ja. Privet tebe, privet! 
Pust' strujtsja nad tvoej izbuškoj
Tot večernij neskazannyj svet. 

Pišut mne, čto ty, taja trevogu,
Zagrustila šibko obo mne,
Čto ty často chodiš' na dorogu
V staromodnom vetchom šušune. 

I tebe v večernem sinem mrake
Často viditsja odno i to ž:
Budto kto-to mne v kabackoj drake
Sadanul pod serdce finskij nož. 

Ničego, rodnaja! Uspokojsja. 
Ėto tol'ko tjagostnaja bred'. 
Ne takoj už gor'kij ja propojca,
Čtob, tebja ne vidja, umeret'. 

JA po-prežnemu takoj že nežnyj
I mečtaju tol'ko liš' o tom,
Čtob skoree ot toski mjatežnoj
Vorotit'sja v nizen'kij naš dom. 

JA vernus', kogda raskinet vetvi
Po-vesennemu naš belyj sad. 
Tol'ko ty menja už na rassvete
Ne budi, kak vosem' let nazad. 

Ne budi togo, čto otmečalos',
Ne volnuj togo, čto ne sbylos',-
Sliškom rannjuju utratu i ustalost'
Ispytat' mne v žizni privelos'. 

I molit'sja ne uči menja. Ne nado! 
K staromu vozvrata bol'še net. 
Ty odna mne pomošč' i otrada,
Ty odna mne neskazannyj svet. 

Tak zabud' že pro svoju trevogu,
Ne grusti tak šibko obo mne. 
Ne chodi tak často na dorogu
V staromodnom vetxom šušune.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), "Письмо матери", first published 1924 [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 Vasily Nikolayevich Lipatov (1897 - 1965), "Письмо матери" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 189

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