Chto ni vecher, to mne, molodtsu,
Nenavisten knyazhiy terem,
I kruchina, zlee polovtsa,
Gryaznyy pol shagami merit.
Zavikhrilsya nad osinoyu
Zhguchiy dym istlevshim styagom;
Ya tosku svoyu zverinuyu
Zalivayu pennoy bragoy.
Iz-pod strekhi v okna krysitsya
Nedozrelaya luna;
Vse-to chuditsya mne, slyshitsya:
Vypey, milyy, pey do dna!..
Vypey - mozhet, vyydet tolk,
Obretesh' svoe dobro,
Byl volchonok - stanet volk,
Veter, krov' i serebro.
Tak uzh vyshlo - ne krestis' -
Kogti zolotom kovat',
Byl kotenok - stanet rys',
Myagko stelet, zhestko spat'!
Ne khodi ko mne, zhelannaya,
Ne stremis' razvlech' bedu -
Ya obmanut noch'yu p'yanoyu,
Do rassveta ne doydu;
Okh, vstanu, vyydu, khlopnu dver'yu ya -
Tishina vokrug sela -
Opadayut zvezdy per'yami
Na sledy kogtistykh lap.
Pryanyy zapakh temnoty,
Lesa gor'kaya kupel',
Medvezhonok zvalsya ty,
Vyros - vyshel lyutyy zver'.
Vypey - mozhet, vyydet tolk,
Obretesh' svoe dobro,
Byl volchonok, stanet volk,
Veter, krov' i serebro...
