Pogodi (Grekov, set by P. Tchaikovsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Pogodi! Dlja chego toropit'sja!
Ved' i tak zhizn' nesetsja streloj!
Pogodi! Pogodi! ty uspejesh' prostit'sja,
Kak luchami vostok zagoritsja.
No dozhdjomsja l' my nochi takoj?
Posmotri, posmotri, kak chudesno
Ubran zvezdami kupol nebesnyj!
Kak mechtatel'no smotrit luna!
Kak temno v `etoj seni drevesnoji,
I kakaja vezde tishina!
Tol'ko slyshno, kak shepchut berjozy,
Da stuchit serdce v pylkoj grudi...
Vozdukh ves' polon zapakhom rozy...
Milyj drug! `Eto zhizn', a ne grjozy!
Zhizn' letit... pogodi! Zhizn' letit... pogodi!

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Authorship

Nikolai Porfiryevich Grekov (1810-1866)

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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