Cela fait longtemps, mon amie | Cela fait longtemps, mon amie, que tes yeux tristes

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Давно‑ль, мой друг

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Давно-ль, мой друг, твой взор печальный
Я в расставанья смутный миг ловил.
Чтоб луч его прощальный
Надолго в душу мне проник.

Давно-ль, блуждая одиноко,
В толпе теснящей и чужой
К тебе желанной и далекой 
Я мчался грустною мечтой.

Желанья гасли... Сердце ныло...
Стояло время... Ум молчал...
Давно-ль затишье это было?
Но вихрь свиданья набежал...

Мы вместе вновь, и дни несутся,
Как в море волн летучих строй,
И мысль кипит, и песни льются
Из сердца, полного тобой!

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Text Authorship:

by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913) [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Давно-ль, мой друг", op. 4 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs) ) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , "How long, my friend", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Cela fait longtemps, mon amie", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

Cela fait longtemps, mon amie

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Cela fait longtemps, mon amie, que tes yeux tristes
Je cherchais à les attraper dans le moment trouble de la séparation.
Ce rayon d'adieu
A pénétré à jamais dans mon âme.

Cela fait longtemps que j'erre seul
Pressé dans une foule étrangère,
Vers toi, bien-aimée lointaine,
Je me précipitais dans un triste rêve.

Le désir est éteint... Le cœur a mal...
Le temps s'arrête... L'esprit reste silencieux...
Depuis combien de temps mon âme est-elle calme ?
Jusqu'à ce que la tempête revienne...

Nous sommes à nouveau ensemble et les jours s'écoulent
Comme les vagues de la mer,
Et les pensées bouillonnent et les chants s'écoulent
Du fond du cœur, rempli de toi !

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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 111