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TESTO DEL LIED

"Dorozhnyje zhaloby"
di Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)

Dolgo l' mne guljat' na svete
To v koljaske, to verkhom,
To v kibitke, to v karete,
To v telege, to peshkom?
Ne v nasledstvennoj berloge,
Ne sred' otcheskikh mogil,
Na bol'shoj mne, znat', doroge
Umeret' gospod' sulil.
Na kamen'jakh pod kopytom,
Na gore pod kolesom,
Il' vo rvu, vodoj razmytom,
Pod razobrannym mostom.
Il' chuma menja podcepit,
Il' moroz okostenit,
Il' mne v lob shlagbaum vlepit
Neprovornyj invalid.
Il' v lesu pod nozh zlodeju
Popadusja v storone,
Il' so skuki okoleju
Gde-nibud' v karantine.
Dolgo l' mne v toske golodnoj
Post nevol'nyj sobljudat'
I teljatinoj kholodnoj
Trjufli Jara pominat'?
To li delo byt' na meste,
Po Mjasnickoj raz"jezzhat',
Ob otstavke, ob neveste,
O derevne pomyshljat'!

To li delo rjumka roma,
Noch'ju son, poutru chaj;
To li delo, bratcy, doma!...
Nu, poshjol zhe, pogonjaj!