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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Pis`mo materi
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ty' zhiva eshhyo, moya starushka? 
Zhiv i ya. Privet tebe, privet! 
Pust` strujtsya nad tvoej izbushkoj
Tot vechernij neskazanny'j svet. 

Pishut mne, chto ty', taya trevogu,
Zagrustila shibko obo mne,
Chto ty' chasto xodish` na dorogu
V staromodnom vetxom shushune. 

I tebe v vechernem sinem mrake
Chasto viditsya odno i to zh:
Budto kto-to mne v kabaczkoj drake
Sadanul pod serdce finskij nozh. 

Nichego, rodnaya! Uspokojsya. 
E`to tol`ko tyagostnaya bred`. 
Ne takoj uzh gor`kij ya propojcza,
Chtob, tebya ne vidya, umeret`. 

YA po-prezhnemu takoj zhe nezhny'j
I mechtayu tol`ko lish` o tom,
Chtob skoree ot toski myatezhnoj
Vorotit`sya v nizen`kij nash dom. 

YA vernus`, kogda raskinet vetvi
Po-vesennemu nash bely'j sad. 
Tol`ko ty' menya uzh na rassvete
Ne budi, kak vosem` let nazad. 

Ne budi togo, chto otmechalos`,
Ne volnuj togo, chto ne sby'los`,-
Slishkom rannyuyu utratu i ustalost`
Ispy'tat` mne v zhizni privelos`. 

I molit`sya ne uchi menya. Ne nado! 
K staromu vozvrata bol`she net. 
Ty' odna mne pomoshh` i otrada,
Ty' odna mne neskazanny'j svet. 

Tak zabud` zhe pro svoyu trevogu,
Ne grusti tak shibko obo mne. 
Ne xodi tak chasto na dorogu
V staromodnom vetxom shushune.

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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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