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

Proshhal`naya pesnya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Soloist
Proshhajte, dobry'e druzya!
Nas zhizn` raskinet vrassy'pnuyu;
Vsyo tak, no gde by' ni by'l ya,
A vspomnyu vas i zatoskuyu.

Nigde net vechno svetly'x dnej,
Vezde toska, vezde istoma,
I zhizn` dlya pamyati moej
Listki istyortogo al`boma.

Chorus
Ty' prav, ty' prav, pevecz,
Da ne sovsem, da ne sovsem.
Kogda zhizn` druzhboyu sogreta,
Daj Bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogie leta.

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

Soloist:
Razgul s otravlenny'm vinom, 
Lyubov` s poddel`ny'mi czvetami, 
Vesel`e s zoloty'm yarmom 
I lest` s zmeiny'mi rechami… 

Proshhajte, glupy'e mechty',
Sny' bez znacheniya, proshhajte! 
Druguyu zhertvu suety' 
Igroj kovarnoj obol`shhajte! 

Chorus:
Ty' prav, ty' prav, pevecz, 
Da ne sovsem, da ne sovsem. 
Kogda zhizn` druzhboyu 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 venecz lavrovy'j, 
Voz`mi: iz ternij on. Doloj 
Tvoi pochetny'e okovy'! 

Drugogo im slepcza obvej. 
Veli emu na chuzhdom pire 
Gostyam v potexu u dverej 
Igrat` na raskalennoj lire. 

Chorus: 
Ty' prav, ty' prav, pevecz, 
Da ne sovsem, da ne sovsem. 
Kogda zhizn` druzhboyu sogreta, 
Daj bog tebe, i nam, i vsem mnogi leta. 

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

Soloist: 
Est` neizmennaya sem`ya, 
Mir luchshix dum i oshhushhenij, 
Kruzhok vash, dobry'e druz`ya, 
Pokry'ty'j nebom vdoxnovenij! 

I toj sem`i ne razlyublyu, 
Na detskij son ne pro menyayu! 
Ej pesn` poslednyuyu moyu 
I struny' liry' razry'vayu. 

Chorus:
Ura, ura, ty' prav, 
No strun ne rvi, no strun ne rvi. 
Zhizn` nasha druzhboyu 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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