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Ballada o korole

Language: Russian

Zatjanut shelkom tronnyj zal!
Na vsju stranu segodnja
Korol' dajot besschetnyj bal
Po milosti Gospodnej.

Kak i vsegda, korol' tam byl
Galanten nejizmenno,
I pered damoj preklonil
Vysokoje koleno.

Staryj shut, pokosivshis' na zal,
Podnjal tonkuju brov' i skazal:
«On vsegda posle bala veselogo
Vozvrashchajetsja bez golovy.
Kak legko Vy terjajete golovu!
Akh! Korol', kak rassejany Vy».

Zatjanut krasnym tronnyj zal!
Na vsju stranu segodnja
Narod dajot svoj pervyj bal
Bez milosti Gospodnej.

Kak i vsegda, korol' tam byl
Galanten nejizmenno,
I pod nozhom on preklonil
Vysokoje koleno.

Staryj shut, pokosivshis' na zal,
Podnjal tonkuju brov' i skazal:
«On vsegda posle bala veselogo
Vozvrashchajetsja bez golovy.
Kak legko Vy terjajete golovu,
Moj Korol', kak rassejany Vy!»


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Note on Transliteration

Authorship

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

Date added to the website: 2008-01-22.

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