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Нет, не любила я! но странная забота Теснила грудь мою, когда он приходил; То вся краснела я, боялася чего то, Он так меня любил, он так меня любил! Чтоб нравиться ему тогда, цветы и те наряды Я берегла, что он по сердцу находил; С ним говорила я, его ловила взгляды, - Он так меня любил, он так меня любил! Но раз он мне сказал: ,,В ту рощу, в час за ката придёшь ли?`` -- ,,Да, приду!`` Но не хватило сил. Я в рощу не пошла, он ждал меня напрасно! Тогда уехал он, сердясь на неудачу; Несчастный, как меня проклясть он должен был! Я не увижусь с ним, мне тяжело, я плачу... Он так меня любил, он так меня любил!
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Delphine de Girardin (1804 - 1855), "Il m'aimait tant!", subtitle: "Romance"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Он так меня любил", op. 28 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 4 (1875) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "He loved me so much", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il m'aimait tant", copyright © 2016, (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: 117
No, I wasn’t in love! But a strange feeling Seized my breast, when he came near; So that I blushed, vulnerable to something, He loved me so much, he loved me so much! In order to please him then, certain flowers and outfits I put on, so that he would hold me in a speacial place in his heart; I conversed with him, trying to catch his eye, – He loved me so much, he loved me so much! But once he said to me: “In the grove, will you meet me in an hour?” – “Yes, I’ll come!” But that wasn’t enough. I didn’t go to the woods, and he waited for me in vain! Then he departed, angry at my failure to appear; Miserable, that’s how he should curse my behaviour! Now I won’t ever see him again, and it’s hard for me, I’m paying for it now… He loved me so much, he loved me so much!
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Delphine de Girardin (1804 - 1855), "Il m'aimait tant!", subtitle: "Romance"
This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 160