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Я холост, и мне требуется много денег. Жены такой не могу найти, чтобы не нуждался деньгами, а поэтому усердно прошу вышлите побыстрей, а если есть в Москве такая, чтобы кормила, чтобы поила, и денег с меня не спрашивала, то сообщите мне её адрес, пожалуйста ... пожалуйста.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Трудно исполнимое желание", written 1966 [author's text not yet checked 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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Трудно исполнимое желание", 1966 [ voice and piano ], from Пять романсов на слова из журнала „Крокодил“ (Pjat' romansov na slova iz zhurnala Krokodil) = Five romances on words from the magazine Krokodil, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Sunkiai išpildomas noras", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Giedrius Prunskus [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 46
Aš nevedęs ir man reikia daug pinigų. Negaliu rasti tokios žmonos, kuri mane jais aprūpintų, todėl širdingai prašau: atsiųskite kuo greičiau, o jei yra Maskvoje tokia, kuri maitintų, kuri girdytų ir pinigų iš manęs neprašytų, tai praneškite man jos adresą, prašau... susimildami.
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) copyright © 2023 by Giedrius Prunskus, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Трудно исполнимое желание", written 1966
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 42