by Nikolai Mikhailovich Yazykov (1803 - 1846)
Pesnja Bajana
Language: Russian (Русский)
O noč', o noč', leti streloj! Nesnosen otdych Svjatoslavu, On žaždet bitvy rokovoj, O noč', o noč', leti streloj! Cymijskij krepok li tvoj ščit? Ne tonki l' kovanye laty? Naš knjaz' ubijstvenno razit. Cymijskij krepok li tvoj ščit? Družine borzych daj konej, Ne to meči ee nagonjat, I ne uskačet ot mečej. Družine borzych daj konej, Ne to meči ee nagonjat. Ty rat' obširnuju privel. Nemnogo nas, no my - slavjane; Udar naš metok i tjažel. Ty rat' obširnuju privel, Nemnogo nas, no my - slavjane. O noč', o noč', leti streloj, Polja, otkrojtes' dlja pobedy, Prosnisja, užas boevoj! O noč', o noč', leti streloj! Polja, otkrojtes' dlja pobedy!
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- by Nikolai Mikhailovich Yazykov (1803 - 1846), written 1823, appears in Песнь Баяна (Pesnj' Bajana) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Песня Баяна", 1834 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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