Osedlayu konya, 
Konya by'strogo,
YA pomchus`, polechu 
Legche sokola. 

Chrez polya, za morya, 
V dal`nyu storonu --
Dogonyu, vorochu 
Moyu molodost`!

Priberus`i yavlyus`
Prezhnim molodcem,
[I priglyanus` opyat`]1
Krasny'm deviczam!

No, uvy', net dorog 
K nevozvratnomu!
Nikogda ne vzojdet 
Solnce s zapada!

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Confirmed with А.В.Кольцов, Стихотворения, Серия "Русская муза", Москва: Художественная литература, 1989.

¹ Balakirev: "Приглянусь я опять" ("Prigljanus' ja opjat'")

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Песня старика", written 1830 [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 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Песня старика" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov (1841 - 1891), "Оседлаю коня" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Yury Petrovich Suldin (b. 1987), "Песня старика" [sung text not yet checked]

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