Ne dolgo nam guljat

Ne dolgo nam guljat ruka s rukoj
V sadu gustom, po lipovym allejam,
Pri bleske zvezd, vecherneju poroj,
I zhizn' raznezhennoj, dushoj
Blagodarit' za vsjo, chto my imejem.

Ne dolgo nam pod obajan'jem snov,
Kak molodost' igrivykh i letuchikh,
Sledja lunu v izgibakh oblakov,
Mechtat' o tom, chemu net slov,
No chto zhivjot v dushakh u nas kipuchikh.
O, milyj drug! [Ne dolgo nam cvesti]1
Blazhenstvom chuvstv! za to my dolgo budem
Za nikh sud'be stradan'jem dan' nesti
I slova strashnogo: prosti!
My nikogda s toboj ne pozabudem.

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "Cvesti ne dolgo nam"

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by Nikolai Porfiryevich Grekov (1810-1866) , no title, published 1860

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

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Ne dolgo nam guljat", from Dve pesen, no. 2.

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