Pod kryshej (Goryansky, set by S. Prokofiev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Ja ne znaju, chto takoje osoka,
 Tikhij bereg i plakuchaja iva.
 Ja zhivu pod samoj kryshej, vysoko;
 Zhizn' moja molchaliva.

 Ni polej, ni lesov ja ne videl,
 A govorjat, oni jest' v samom dele...
 Mne kazhetsja, menja kto-to obidel...
 `Eto bylo... na proshloj nedele.

 Na proshloj nedele skazal mne kto-to,
 Chto ja slep, chto ja ne znaju prirody, 
 Chto menja zadushila rabota
 I chto deti moji takije urody...

 No `eto neverno! Nu, pravda zhe, neverno...
 Moji deti khoroshi, khotja bedny.
 Ja beden, i jedjat oni skverno,
 Ottogo lichiki ikh bescvetny i bledny.

 Ja mnogo vizhu cherez malen'koje okonce,
 I dusha moja sovsem ne oslepla.
 O, ja vizhu, kak podymajetsja solnce
 Skvoz' tuchi dyma i melkogo pepla.

 Vizhu, kak ono zolotit truby,
 Kak ono smejetsja nevnjatno,
 I prikladyvaju strastno sinije guby
 K stene, gde igrajut solnechnyje pjatna.

 A segodnja u menja den' naslazhden'ja,
 Dazhe zabyl, chto obizhen nedavno.
 Cegodnja ja zametil vesny probuzhden'je,
 I sdelalos' mne tak khorosho, tak slavno...

 Den' voskresnyj, na ulicakh tishe,
 Men'she dymu, solnce jarche, chem v buden.
 Ja smotrju na belyje kryshi,
 Prostor ikh vsegda bezljuden.

 Dumaju, polja zimoju takije tochno.
 V golove rojatsja tikhije mysli...
 Vizhu pod kryshej, u truby vodostochnoj,
 Sosul'ki ledjanyje povisli.

 Zheltaja stena polna byla sveta.
 Moroz, no i luchi jarki i bystry.
 Odna sosul'ka, solncem sogreta,
 Stala tajat' i brosala iskry.
 
 Iskry sijali, perelivalis' tonko.
 I vdrug, ognjami novymi igraja, 
 Sorvalasja sosul'ka radostno, 
 Zvonko razbilas' o kamni vnizu u saraja.

 I vesjol ja, i smejat'sja khochu ja!
 Razve ne vesny probuzhden'je ja videl?
 Kto skazal, chto ja zhivu, prirody ne chuja,
 Tot menja naprasno obidel.

 Net, mne znakoma ulybka prirody!
 Nichego, chto my v gorode i chto bedny...
 A deti moji sovsem ne urody,
 Tol'ko slaby i bledny.

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Note on Transliteration

Authorship

V. Goryansky

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

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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