For a long time, in our love | For a long time there has been no delight in our love

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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Давно в любви

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Давно в любви отрады мало:
Без отзыва вздохи, без радости слёзы;
Что было сладко, горько стало,
Осыпались розы, рассеялись грёзы.
Оставь меня, смешай с толпою!
Но ты отвернулась, а сетуешь видно,
И всё ещё больна ты мною.
О, как же мне тяжко и как мне обидно!

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Text Authorship:

by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) [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 в любви", op. 14 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 3 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "For a long time, in our love", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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For a long time, in our love

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

For a long time there has been no delight in our love:  
Sighs have gone unanswered, tears have been without joy;
What was sweet before has turned bitter, 
The roses have shed their petals, the dreams have dissolved.
Leave me, lose me in the crowd!
But you turned away, and it seems you are lamenting
That you are still lovesick for me.
Oh, how hard this is and how galling!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-11-16
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