Otchego

Mne grustno, potomu chto ja tebja ljublju
I znaju: Molodost' cvetushchuju tvoju
Ne poshchadit molvy kovarnoje gonen'je.
Za kazhdyj svetlyj [den']1 il' sladkoje mgnoven'je
Slezami i toskoj zaplatish' ty sud'be.
Mne grustno, potomu chto veselo tebe.

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Otchego", published 1840

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) , "Otchego"
by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869) , "Mne grustno"
by Aleksandr Abramovich Krein (1883-1951) , "Otchego"
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Mne grustno", op. 41 no. 2 (1897).

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