Dedushka! devicy raz mne govorili

Dedushka! - devicy
Raz mne govorili, -
Net li nebylicy
Il' starinnoj byli?

Kak ne byt'!
Unylo krasnym otvechal ja,
Serdce vas ljubilo,
Tak chego ne znal ja!

Bylo vremja! Gde vy,
Gody zolotyje?
Kak plenjali devy
V nashi dni bylyje!

Uzh oni starushki,
No ot nikh poroju
Mnogo na podushki
Sljoz prolito mnoju.

Dushu volnovali
Ikh usta i ochi,
Po ognju bezhali
Dni moji i nochi.

Dedushka! tolpoju
Devicy vskrichali, -
Zhal' nam, a toboju
Babushki igrali!

Kak ne stydno! Zlyje
Vot nad nim plutili!
Net, my ne takije,
My b tebja ljubili!

- Vy b ljubili? Skazki!
Very mne nejmjotsja! -
I na nashi laski
Dedushka smejotsja.

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by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798-1831)

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by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857) , "Dedushka! devicy raz mne govorili"

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