Historical Poetry With mat
Mikhail Lermontov, "A Holiday in Peterhof" - "Петергофский праздник", 1834)
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And so, I will not pay you |
Итак, тебе не заплачу я: |
Itak, tebe ne zaplachu ya: |
"Luka Mudischhev", prologue; this work was probably written at some time in the mid 19th century, but often it was ascribed to Ivan Barkov, an equally obscene poet who lived in the 18th century
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Oh you, men' wives, or widows fair, |
О вы, замужние, о вдовы, |
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