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Забыть так скоро, Боже мой, Всё счастье жизни прожитой! Все наши встречи, разговоры, Забыть так скоро, забыть так скоро! Забыть волненья первых дней, Свиданья час в тени ветвей, Очей немые разговоры, Забыть так скоро, забыть так скоро! Забыть, как полная луна На нас глядела из окна, Как колыхалась тихо штора... Забыть так скоро, забыть так скоро! Забыть любовь, забыть мечты, Забыть те клятвы -- помнишь ты? -- В ночную пасмурную пору? Забыть так скоро, так скоро! Боже мой!
Confirmed with Алексей Николаевич Апухтин, Стихотворения, 2018, page 1747.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Забыть так скоро", written 1870 [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 Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Забыть так скоро" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Забыть так скоро", 1870 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) , "Oublier !", written 1894, appears in Trente poésies russes, mélodies, imitées par Paul Collin, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1894 [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Lefebvre, Max d'Ollone.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sofia Peycheva) , "To forget so soon", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Oublier si vite", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "So bald vergessen"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 76
To forget so soon, oh, God! all the happiness we had together! All our meetings, our talks! To forget so soon, so soon! To forget the excitements of our first days together, Our meetings in the shadow of branches, Mute talks between our eyes! To forget so soon! So soon! To forget how the full moon Was looking at us through the window, How the curtains fluttered - To forget so soon! To forget so soon! To forget our love, our dreams, Our vows! Do you remember? The ones we said during the dark and cloudy night? To forget so soon! To forget so soon! Oh, God!
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Забыть так скоро", written 1870
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 106