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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Zelënaja pričëska
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Zelënaja pričëska,
Devičeskaja grud',
O tonkaja berëzka,
Čto zagljadelas' v prud? 

Čto šepčet tebe veter? 
O čëm zvenit pesok? 
Il' chočeš' v kosy-vetvi
Ty lunnyj grebešok? 

Otkroj, otkroj mne tajnu
Tvoich drevesnych dum,
JA poljubil -- pečal'nyj
Tvoj predosennij šum. 

I mne v otvet berëzka:
,,O ljubopytnyj drug,
Segodnja noč'ju zvezdnoj
Zdes' slezy lil pastuch.`` 

Luna stelila teni,
Sijali zelenja. 
Za golye koleni
On obnimal menja. 

I tak, vdochnuvši glubko,
Skazal pod zvon vetvej:
,,Proščaj, moja golubka,
Do novych žuravlej.``

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925), no title, first published 1918 [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 Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Зелёная причёска" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 79

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