Rastjot strana (Afinogenov, set by S. Prokofiev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Rastjot strana stupen'kami, rastut goda, tovarishchi.
My sami po strojitel'stvu, ravnjajem zhizni srok.
No molodost', tovarishchi, ukhodit vniz po lestnice
I na proshchan'je darit mne sedejushchij visok.

K drugim idjot veselaja, a mne jeshchjo ne veritsja,
Chto molodost', kak lastochku, nel'zja zazhat' v ruke.
Chto kazhdyj den' neschitanyj, nedumanyj, poterjannyj,
Chto `etot den', tovarishchi, kak volos na viske.

Proshchaj, tovarishch' molodost'! Na `etom perekrestochke
Rasstanemsja, ljubimaja, po druzheski s toboj.
Druz'ja moji, tovarishchi, jeshchjo my ochen' molody,
Jeshchjo my budem schastlivy, khotja visok sedoj.

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Authorship

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (1904-1941)

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

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)

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