Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja

Spi, [mladenec]1 moj prekrasnyj,
Bajushki-baju.
Tikho smotrit mesjac jasnyj
V kolybel' tvoju.
Stanu skazyvat' ja skazki,
Pesenku spoju;
Ty zh dremli, zakryvshi glazki,
Bajushki-baju.

Po kamnjam strujitsja Terek,
Pleshchet mutnyj val;
Zloj chechen polzjot na bereg,
Tochit svoj kinzhal;
No otec tvoj staryj vojin,
Zakaljon v boju:
Spi, maljutka, bud' spokojen,
Bajushki-baju.

Sam uznajesh', budet vremja,
Brannoje zhit'jo;
Smelo vdenesh' nogu v stremja
I voz'mesh' ruzh'jo.
Ja sedel'ce bojevoje
Shjolkom razosh'ju...
Spi, ditja mojo rodnoje,
Bajushki-baju.

Bogatyr' ty budesh' s vidu
I kazak dushoj.
Provozhat' tebja ja vyjdu, --
Ty makhnjosh' rukoj...
Skol'ko gor'kikh sljoz ukradkoj,
Ja v tu noch' prol'ju...
Spi, moj angel, tikho, sladko,
Bajushki-baju.

Stanu ja toskoj tomit'sja,
Bezuteshno zhdat';
Stanu celyj den' molit'sja,
Po nocham gadat';
Stanu dumat', chto skuchajesh' 
Ty v chuzhom kraju...
Spi zh, poka zabot ne znajesh',
Bajushki-baju.

Dam tebe ja na dorogu
Obrazok svjatoj:
Ty jego, moljasja bogu,
Stav' pered soboj;
Da gotovjas' v boj opasnyj,
Pomni mat' svoju...
Spi, mladenec moj prekrasnyj,
Bajushki-baju.

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814-1841) , "Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja", published 1838

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja", op. 1 (Pjat' romansov (CInq mélodies)) no. 5, stanza 1. [voice and piano]
by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881-1950) , "Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja", op. 40 no. 1.
by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839-1916) , "Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja"
by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801-1848) , "Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja"
by Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) , "Kazach'ja kolybel'naja pesnja"

by Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) , "Kosack-vaggvisa"

by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913) , "Der Kosakin Wiegenlied", op. 20 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2. [voice and piano]
by Leopold Damrosch (1832-1885) , "Der Kosaken Wiegenlied", op. 14 no. 2.
by (Isador) George Henschel (1850-1934) , "Der Kosakin Wiegenlied", op. 43 no. 1 (188-?)

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