Kak naladili: ,,Durak (Mey, set by M. Balakirev, P. Tchaikovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Kak naladili: ,,Durak,
 Bros' khodit' v carev kabak!``
 Tak i ladjat vsjo odno:
 ,,Pej ty vodu, ne vino; -
 Vot khot' pechke poklonis',
 Khot' u bystroj pouchis'.``
 Uzh ja k rechen'ke pojdu,
 S rechkoj rechi povedu:
 ,,Govorjat mne: ty umna, -
 Poklonjus' tebe do dna,
 Nauchi ty, kak mne byt',
 P'janstvom ljuda ne sramit'?
 Kak v tebja moju reku,
 Utopit' zmeju tosku?
 A nauchish', vek togda,
 Ispolat' tebe, voda,
 Chto otbila duraka
 Ot careva kabaka!``

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Authorship

Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822-1862)

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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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