Spi, moj drug molodoj (Krylov, set by C. Cui) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Spi, moj drug molodoj,
Kak rebjonok v ljul'ke,
Snom nevinnoj dushi,
Ne znavavshej gorja.

Ne minujesh' sud'by
I nastanet vremja,
Podrostesh', stanesh' zhit'
I poplachesh' v volju.

No teper' spi sebe 
mirno, bezzabotno, 
Snitsja radost' tebe, 
schast'je i vesel'je.

Ja gljazhu na tebja 
i glazam ne verju:
`Eto Angel lezhit 
v detskoj kolybeli.

Ja b zhelal, chtob ves' vek
Zdes' stojat' mne prishlos' 
I gljadet' i gljadet' 
I ne nagljadet'sja.

Ja b zhelal, chtoby ty 
tak byla schastliva,
Kak tvoj son molodoj
Tikh i bezmjatezhen'.

Ja b zhelal, no zhelat' 
znachit vremja tratit'.
Spi, moj drug molodoj,
Spi, pokuda spitjsa.

Spi, moj drug molodoj,
Kak rebjonok v ljul'ke,
Snom nevinnoj dushi,
Ne znavavshej gorja.

Ne minujesh' sud'by
I nastanet vremja,
Podrostesh', stanesh' zhit'
I poplachesh' v volju.

No teper' spi sebe 
mirno, bezzabotno, 
Snitsja radost' tebe, 
schast'je i vesel'je.

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Note on Transliteration

Authorship

Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838-1908)

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

César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918)

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Date added to the website: 2009-09-15.

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