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by Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (1792 - 1878)

Do svidaniya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Prosti! Kak grustno e`to slovo,
Kogda tverdim ego druz`yam,
S nim serdce vy'skochit` gotovo
Il` razorvat`sya popolam.

Kak mnogo skorbi beznadezhnoj,
Kak mnogo slez taitsya v nyom!
Zavet razluki neizbezhnoj,
Privy'chek serdcza perelom.

Ono nam podtverzhdaet grozno,
Chto nashe vsyo i my' na srok,
Chto v krug nash rano ili pozdno,
A vlomitsya zhelezny'j rok.

Chto slovo «vmeste» zdes` ne prochno
Kak «radost`» sinonim ego,
Chto chasto luchshee zaochno,
Chto smert` est` zhizni cel` vsego.

Razluka - smert`, i smert` - razluka,
Kogda my' govorim: «Prosti!» -
Kto serdczu bednomu poruka,
Chto vnov` sojdemsya na puti?

Chto e`tot zvuk - zhivoe slovo,
Ne rokovoj, nadgrobny'j gul,
Kotory'j xladno i surovo
Razdalsya v serdce i zasnul!

Chto est` gryadushhee v toj rechi,
Chto otgolosok ej gotov
V privete serdcem zhdannoj vstrechi,
Krasnorechivoj i bez slov?

Net, v neizbezhny'j chas proshhan`ya,
Pokoya noyushhuyu grud`,
My' luchshe skazhem: «Do svidan`ya!»
A tam, chto Bog dast, to i bud`.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (1792 - 1878), "До свидания", written 1832 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "До свидания", 1833 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-23
Line count: 32
Word count: 151

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