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by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868)

Proščal'naja pesnja
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Soloist
Proščajte, dobrye druzja!
Nas žizn' raskinet vrassypnuju;
Vsë tak, no gde by ni byl ja,
A vspomnju vas i zatoskuju.

Nigde net večno svetlych dnej,
Vezde toska, vezde istoma,
I žizn' dlja pamjati moej
Listki istërtogo al'boma.

Chorus
Ty prav, ty prav, pevec,
Da ne sovsem, da ne sovsem.
Kogda žizn' družboju sogreta,
Daj Bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogie leta.

All
Daj bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogi leta.

Soloist:
Razgul s otravlennym vinom, 
Ljubov' s poddel'nymi cvetami, 
Vesel'e s zolotym jarmom 
I lest' s zmeinymi rečami… 

Proščajte, glupye mečty,
Sny bez značenija, proščajte! 
Druguju žertvu suety 
Igroj kovarnoj obol'ščajte! 

Chorus:
Ty prav, ty prav, pevec, 
Da ne sovsem, da ne sovsem. 
Kogda žizn' družboju sogreta, 
Daj bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogi leta. 

All:
Daj bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogi leta.

Soloist:
A slava, bog kogda-to moj! 
Voz'mi nazad venec lavrovyj, 
Voz'mi: iz ternij on. Doloj 
Tvoi početnye okovy! 

Drugogo im slepca obvej. 
Veli emu na čuždom pire 
Gostjam v potechu u dverej 
Igrat' na raskalennoj lire. 

Chorus: 
Ty prav, ty prav, pevec, 
Da ne sovsem, da ne sovsem. 
Kogda žizn' družboju sogreta, 
Daj bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogi leta. 

All:
Daj bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogi leta.

Soloist: 
Est' neizmennaja sem'ja, 
Mir lučšich dum i oščuščenij, 
Kružok vaš, dobrye druz'ja, 
Pokrytyj nebom vdochnovenij! 

I toj sem'i ne razljublju, 
Na detskij son ne pro menjaju! 
Ej pesn' poslednjuju moju 
I struny liry razryvaju. 

Chorus:
Ura, ura, ty prav, 
No strun ne rvi, no strun ne rvi. 
Žizn' naša družboju sogreta. 
Udar' po strunam i gremi: mnogi leta! 

All:
Udar' po strunam i gremi: mnogi leta! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Прощальная песня", 1840, from Proshchanije S. Peterburgom, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "Farewell Song", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jacob Wilde [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 64
Word count: 277

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