Pokhoronnaja pesnja (Pushkin, set by N. Medtner) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


S bogom, v dal'njuju dorogu!
Put' najdjosh' ty, slava bogu.
Svetit mesjac; noch' jasna;
charka vypita do dna.

Pulja legche likhoradki,
volen umer ty, kak zhil.
Vrag tvoj mchalsja bez ogljadki,
no tvoj syn jego ubil.

Vspominaj nas za mogiloj,
kol' sojdjotes' kak-nibud';
ot menja otcu, brat milyj,
poklonit'sja ne zabud'!

Ty skazhi jemu, chto rana
u menja uzh zazhila;
ja zdorov, - i syna Jana
mne khoznjajka rodila.

Dedu v chest' on nazvan Janom;
umnyj mal'chik u menja;
uzh vladejet jataganom
i streljajet iz ruzh'ja.

Doch' moja zhivjot v Lizgore,
s muzhem jej ne skuchno tam.
Tvark ushjol davno uzh v more;
zhiv il' net, - uznajesh' sam.

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Authorship

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

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

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951)

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