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by Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869 - 1945)

Seroje plat'ice
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Devochka v seren'kom plat'ice...
Kosy kak budto iz vaty...
- Devochka, devochka, ch'ja ty?
- Mamina... ili nich'ja.
Khochesh', budu tvoja?
Devochka v seren'kom plat'ice...

- Verish' li, devochka, laske?
Milaja, gde tvoi glazki?
- Vot oni, glazki. Pustye.
U mamochki tochno takije.
Devochka v seren'kom plat'ice...

- A chem `eto ty igrajesh'?
Chto ot menja zakryvajesh'?
Vremja igrat' mne, chto ty!
Mnogo speshnoj raboty.
To u businok nit' raskushu,
To pervyj rostok podsushu,
Vyrezaju iz knig stranichki,
Lomaju kryl'ja u ptichki...
Devochka v seren'kom plat'ice...

- Devochka s glazmi pustymi,
Skazhi mne, kak tvojo imja?
- A po-svojemu zovjot menja vsjak:
Khochesh' `edak, a khochesh' tak.
Odin zovjot Razdelen'em,
A to Vrazhdoju, zovut i Somnen'em,
Ili Toskoju, inoj zovjot Skukoju,
Inoj Mukoju...
A mama Smert' - Razlukoju
Devochka 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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