Da, vasil'ki, vasil'ki (Apukhtin, set by Kirshbaum) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Da, vasil'ki, vasil'ki... 
Mnogo mel'kalo ikh v pole... 
Pomnish', do samoj reki
My ikh sbirali dlja Oli. 

Olechka brosit cvetok
V reku, golovku naklonit... 
,,Papa, - krichit, - vasilek
Moj poplyvet, ne utonet?!``

Ja jejo na ruki bral,
V glazki smotrel golubyje,
Nozhki jejo celoval,
Blednyje nozhki, khudyje. 

Kak `eti dni daleki... 
Dolgo l' tomit'sja ja budu? 
Vsjo vasil'ki, vasil'ki,
Krasnyje, zhjoltyje vsjudu... 

Vidish', torchat na stene,
Slyshish', sbegajut po kryshe,
Vot podpolzajut ko mne,
Lezut vsjo vyshe i vyshe... 

Slyshish', smejutsja oni... 
Bozhe, za chto `eti muki? 
Masha, spasi, otgoni,
Krepche sozhmi moji ruki! 

Pozdno! Voshli, vorvalis',
Stali stenoj mezhdu nami,
V golovu tak i vpilis',
Koljut jejo lepestkami. 

Rvetsja vsja grud' ot toski... 
Bozhe! kuda mne devat'sja? 
Vsjo vasil'ki, vasil'ki... 
Kak oni smejut smejat'sja?

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Authorship

Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841-1893)

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