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by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945)

Seroe plat'ice
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Devočka v seren'kom plat'ice...
Kosy kak budto iz vaty...
- Devočka, devočka, č'ja ty?
- Mamina... ili nič'ja.
Chočeš', budu tvoja?
Devočka v seren'kom plat'ice...

- Veriš' li, devočka, laske?
Milaja, gde tvoi glazki?
- Vot oni, glazki. Pustye.
U mamočki točno takie.
Devočka v seren'kom plat'ice...

- A čem ėto ty igraeš'?
Čto ot menja zakryvaeš'?
Vremja igrat' mne, čto ty!
Mnogo spešnoj raboty.
To u businok nit' raskušu,
To pervyj rostok podsušu,
Vyrezaju iz knig stranički,
Lomaju kryl'ja u ptički...
Devočka v seren'kom plat'ice...

- Devočka s glazmi pustymi,
Skaži mne, kak tvoë imja?
- A po-svoemu zovët menja vsjak:
Chočeš' ėdak, a chočeš' tak.
Odin zovët Razdelen'em,
A to Vraždoju, zovut i Somnen'em,
Ili Toskoju, inoj zovët Skukoju,
Inoj Mukoju...
A mama Smert' - Razlukoju
Devočka v seren'kom plat'ice...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945) [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 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), "Серое платьице", op. 23 no. 2 (1915). [ sung 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: 30
Word count: 124

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