Akh ty, noch' li, nochen'ka!

Akh ty, noch' li, nochen'ka!
Akh ty, noch' li, burnaja!
Otchego ty s vechera
Do glubokoj polnochi,
Ne blistajesh' zvezdami,
Ne sijajesh' mesjacem? 
Vsjo temnejesh' tuchami?

I s toboj, znat', nochen'ka,
[I s toboj, znat', burnaja,]1
Kak so mnoju, molodcem,
Grust'-zlodejka svedalas'!
Kak zaljazhet, ljutaja,
Tam gluboko na serdce, -
[Pozabudesh' radosti.]1

Pozabudesh' devicam
Usmekhat'sja, klanjat'sja;
Pozabudesh' s vechera
Do glubokoj polnochi,
Pripevaja, teshit'sja
Khorovodnoj pljaskoju,
[Devich'jeju laskoju!]1

Net, vzrydajesh', vsplachesh'sja,
I, bezrodnyj molodec,
[Protoskujesh' s vechera
Do glubokoj polnochi,
Kak kukushka siraja;]1
[Na]2 postelju zhestkuju,
Kak v mogilu, kinesh'sja.

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by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798-1831) , 1820/1

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by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857) , "Akh ty, noch' li, nochen'ka!", 1829.

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