Russkije devushki

Zrel li ty, pevec Tiiskij!1
Kak v lugu vesnoj bychka2
Pljashut devushki rossijski
Pod svirel'ju pastushka? 
Kak, sklonjas' glavami, khodjat,
Bashmakami v lad stuchat,
Tiho ruki, vzor povodjat
I plechami govorjat? 
Kak ikh lentami zlatymi
Chely belyje blestjat,
Pod zhemchugami dragimi
Grudi nezhnyje dyshat? 
Kak skvoz' zhilki golubyje
L'jetsja rozovaja krov',
Na lanitakh ognevyje
Jamki vrezala ljubov'? 
Kak ikh brovi soboliny,
Polnyj iskr sokolij vzgljad,
Ikh usmeshka - dushi l'viny
I orlov serdca razjat? 
Kol' by videl dev sikh krasnykh,
Ty b grechanok pozabyl
I na kryl'jakh sladostrastnykh
Tvoj `Erot prikovan byl.

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Note on Transliteration

by Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin (1743-1816) , published 1799

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

by Mikhail Lukyanovich Yakovlev (1798-1868) , "Russkije devushki"

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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