Ljubov' Kapitana Lebjadkina

Ljubvi pylajushchej granata
Lopnula v grudi Ignata.
I vnov' zaplakal gor'koj mukoj
Po Sevastopolju bezrukij.
— Khot' v Sevastopole ne byl, i dazhe ne bezrukij, no kakovy zhe rifmy! — [...]1
I porkhajet zvezda na kone
V khorovode drugikh amazonok;
Ulybajetsja s loshadi mne
Ari-sto-kraticheskij rebjonok.
[...]1

Sovershenstvu devicy Tushinoj.
Milostivaja gosudarynja,
Elizaveta Nikolaevna!
O, kak mila ona,
Elizaveta Tushina,
Kogda s rodstvennikom na damskom sedle letajet.
A lokon jejo s vetrami igrajet,
Ili kogda s mater'ju v cerkvi padajet nic,
I zritsja rumjanec blagogovejnykh lic!
Togda brachnykh i zakonnykh naslazhdenij zhelaju
I vsled jej, vmeste s mater'ju, slezu posylaju.2

[...]1
V sluchaje jesli b ona slomala nogu. [...]1
Krasa krasot slomala chlen,
I interesnej vdvoje stala,
I vdvoje sdelalsja vljubljon 
Vljubljonnyj uzh nemalo.
[Sostavil neuchenyj za sporom.]2

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Note on Transliteration

by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) , no title, from Besy (The Devils), Book 1, Part 3, Chapter 9 (first portion); Book 1, Part 4, chapter 2 (second portion); and Book 2, Part 2, Chapter 2 (last portion)

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by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975) , "Ljubov' Kapitana Lebjadkina", op. 146 no. 1 (1974), first performed 1975 [bass and piano], from Chetyrjokh stikhotvorenijakh kapitana Lebjadkina (Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin), no. 1.

Date added to the website: 2008-12-30.

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