Kapitan Gastello (Lugin, set by A. Khachaturian) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


On byl kapitanom, on vel samoljot
Navstrechu mashinam vrazh'jim.
O njom rodnoj ne zabudet narod:
My v pesne o njom rasskazhem.

  Nad nashej zemlej on otvazhno paril,
  Vyslezhival vrazh'ji staji,
  Ni sil, ni zhizni v boju ne shchadil,
  Fashistov unichtozhaja.

Podbit, izuvechen, v korone ognja
On mchitsja k giveli vernoj.
No mysl' pylajet v mozgu lish' odna:
Polny benzina cisterny.

  Ni kapli gorjuchego vrag ne voz'mjot,
  I vot, prorezaja tuchi,
  Geroj pylajushchij grob svoj vedjot
  Vzorvat' cisterny s gorjuchim.

Donyne ne vidannyj podvig svershjon -
Vojec za pravoje delo,
Sredi gerojev proslavitsja on,
Sovetskij letchik Gastello.

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Authorship

A. Lugin

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

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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