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by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Скажи, зачем

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Скажи, зачем явилась ты
очам моим, младая Лила,
и вновь знакомые мечты
душа заснувшей пробудила,
скажи, зачем? Скажи, зачем?

Над страстию моей шутя,
зачем с ума меня ты сводишь,
когда ж любуюсь на тебя,
ты взор с холодностью отводишь,
скажи, зачем? Скажи, зачем?

Скажи, зачем? Нет, погоди!
Хочу продлить я заблужденье;
удар жестокий отврати:
удвоишь ты моё мученье,
сказав, зачем, сказав, зачем.

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Text Authorship:

by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Скажи, зачем" [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), [adaptation] ; composed by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov.

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ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Tell me why?", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 62

Tell me why?

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Tell me why you appeared
Before my eyes, young Lila,
And re-awakened all the familiar dreams
Within my dormant soul,
Tell me, why? Tell me, why?

Playing with my passion,
Why do you disturb my reason,
When I admire you
You withdraw your glance with coldness,
Tell me, why? Tell me, why?

Tell me, why? No, wait!
I want to protract the illusion;
Deflect the cruel blow:
You will double my torment
If you tell me why, if you tell me why.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-28
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Word count: 82