We were together | We were together, I recall

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Translation © by Anne Evans

Мы были вместе, помню я

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE

Мы были вместе, помню я...
Ночь волновалась, скрипка пела,
Ты в эти дни была моя,
Ты с каждым часом хорошела...
Сквозь тихое журчанье струй,
Сквозь тайну женственной улыбки
К устам просился поцелуй,
Просились в сердце звуки скрипки...

About the headline (FAQ)

Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST

Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, appears in Стихотворения 1897—1903 гг, не вошедшие в основное собрание, in Разные стихотворения, no. 65 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Мы были вместе", op. 127 no. 3 [ soprano and violin ], from Семь Стихотворений А. Блока: вокально-инструментальная сюита = Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Bloka, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (David Angell) , "We were together", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Anne Evans) , "We were together", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nous étions ensemble", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

We were together

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

We were together, I recall...
Violins sang in vibrant darkness
day after day you were my own,
with every hour you grew more fair.
The secrets of a woman's smile,
the quiet whispering of breezes
set tender kisses on my lips,
and filled my heart with violin songs.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Anne Evans, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, appears in Стихотворения 1897—1903 гг, не вошедшие в основное собрание, in Разные стихотворения, no. 65
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-05-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 48