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Folk-Songs
By Aleksey Apukhtin (18401893)
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Sings in his furrow the sower.
Songs of my fatherland, mournful, enchanting,
Sadly I hear you once more.
Born of an infinite pain,
There is a something unknown and prophetic
Echoing through their refrain!
Thrill with the vigor of youth;
Vanish the torments of years beyond telling
Under the sway of their truth.
Mayst thou, my fatherland dear—
No! Freedom’s songs thy children ill-fated
Ne’er o’er these prairies shall hear!