Enchanted by the rose, a nightingale

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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Пленившись розой, соловей

Language: Russian (Русский)

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Пленившись розой, соловей
И день и ночь поёт над ней;
Но роза молча песням внемлет...
Невинный сон её объемлет... 
На лире так певец иной
Поёт для девы молодой;
Он страстью пламенной сгорает,
А дева милая не знает --
Кому поёт он? отчего
Печальны песни так его?...

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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Соловей" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Enchanted by the rose, a nightingale

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

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Enchanted by the rose, a nightingale
Day and night sings above it;
But the rose listens silently...
An innocent dream envelops her...
In that way a poet with his lyre
Sings for a young maiden;
He burns with scorching passion
But the dear maiden knows not —
To whom does he sing? Why are
his songs so full of melancholy?

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"Соловей" = "Nightingale"
"Восточный романс" = "Eastern romance"

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