Sud'ba (Apukhtin, set by S. Rachmaninov) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


S svojej pokhodnoju kljukoj,
S svojimi mrachnymi ochami
Sud'ba, kak groznyj chasovoj,
Povsjudu sledujet za nami.

Bedoj lico jeja grozit,
Ona v ugrozakh posedela,
Ona uzh mnogikh odolela,
I vse stuchit, i vse stuchit:

Stuk, stuk, stuk...
Polno, drug,
Bros' za schastijem gonjat'sja!
Stuk, stuk, stuk...

Bednjak sovsem obzhilsja s nej:
Ruka s rukoj oni guljajut, 
Sbirajut vmeste khleb s polej,
V nagradu vmeste golodajut.

Den' celyj dozhd' jego kropit,
Po vecheram laskajet v'juga,
A noch'ju s gorja, da s ispuga
Sud'ba skvoz son jemu stuchit:

Stuk, stuk, stuk...
Gljan'-ka, drug,
Kak drugije pozhivajut.
Stuk, stuk, stuk...

Drugije prazdnovat' soshlis' 
Bogatstvo, molodost' i slavu,
Jikh pesni radostno neslis',
Vino smenilos' jim v zabavu:

Davno uzh pir u nikh shumit.
No smolkli vdrug bledneja gosti...
Rukoj, drozhashcheju ot zlosti,
Sud'ba v okoshko k nim stuchit:

Stuk, stuk, stuk... 
Novyj drug k vam prishjol,
Gotov'te mesto!
Stuk, stuk, stuk...

No jest' zhe schast'je na zemle!
Odnazhdy, polnyj ozhidan'ja,
S vostorgom junym na chele,
Prishjol schastlivec na svidan'je.

Jeshchjo odin on, vse molchit,
Zarja za roshchej potukhajet,
I solovej uzh zatikhajet
A serdce b'jotsja i stuchit:

Stuk, stuk, stuk...
Milyj drug, 
Ty pridjosh'-li na svidan'je?
Stuk, stuk, stuk...

No vot idjot ona,
I v mig ljubov', trevoga, ozhidan'je,
Blazhenstvo, vse slilos' u nikh 
V odno bezumnoje lobzan'je!

Nemaja noch' na nikh gljadit,
Vsjo nebo zalito ognjami.
A kto-to tikho za kustami
Kljukoj dokuchnoju stuchit:

Stuk, stuk, stuk...
Staryj drug 
K vam prishjol, dovol'no schast'ja!
Stuk, stuk, stuk...

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Authorship

Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841-1893)

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

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

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