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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Polkovodec
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE NOR
Grokhochet bitva, bleshut broni,
Orud'ja zhadnye revut,
Begut polki, nesutsja koni
I reki krasnye tekut.
Pylajet polden', ljudi b'jutsja;
Sklonilos' solnce, boj sil'nej;
Zakat blednejet, no derutsja
Vragi vse jarostnej i zlej.
I pala noch' na pole brani.
Druzhiny v mrake razoshlis'...
Vsjo stikhlo, i v nochnom tumane
Stenan'ja k nebu podnjalis'.
Togda, ozarena lunoju,
Na bojevom svojom kone,
Kostej sverkaja beliznoju,
Javilas' smert'; i v tishine,
Vnimaja vopli i molitvy,
Dovol'stva gordogo polna,
Kak polkovodec mesto bitvy
Krugom ob"ekhala ona.
Na kholm podnjavshis', ogljanulas',
Ostanovilas', ulybnulas'...
I nad ravninoj bojevoj
Razdalsja golos rokovoj:
,,Konchena bitva! ja vsekh pobedila!
Vse predo mnoj vy smirilis', bojcy!
Zhizn' vas possorila, ja pomirila!
Druzhno vstavajte na smotr, mertvecy!
Marshem torzhestvennym mimo projdite,
Vojsko mojo ja khochu soschitat';
V zemlju potom svoi kosti slozhite,
Sladko ot zhizni v zemle otdykhat'!
Gody nezrimo projdut za godami,
V ljudjakh ischeznet i pamjat' o vas.
Ja ne zabudu i gromko nad vami
Pir budu pravit' v polunochnyj chas!
Pljaskoj tjazhjoloju zemlju syruju
Ja pritopchu, chtoby sen' grobovuju
Kosti pokinut' vovek ne mogli,
Chtob nikogda vam ne vstat' iz zemli!``

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913) [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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Полководец", 1875-7, from Песни и пляски смерти = Pesni i pljaski smerti, no. 4, note: The theme is taken from a Polish revolutionary march called Z dymen pozarow.  [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Field marshal", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le général", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Der Feldherr"
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 182

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