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by Augustine-Malvina Souville Blanchecotte (1830 - 1878)
Translation by Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Santagano-Gorchakova (1842 - 1913)

Les larmes
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT
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Si vous donnez le calme après tant de secousses,
Si vous courez d'oubli tant de maux dérobés,
Si vous lavez ma plaie et si vous êtes douces,
O mes larmes, tombez! tombez!

Mais, si comme autrefois vous êtes meurtrières,
Si vous rongez un coeur qui déjà brûle en soi,
N'ajoutez pas au mal, respectez mes paupières:
O larmes, laissez moi, laissez moi!

Oui, laissez moi! je sens ma peine plus cuisante,
Vous avez evoqué tous mes rêves perdus:
Pitié! pitié! pitié!
laisez mourir mon âme agonisante!
Larmes, ne tombez pas! ne tombez pas!

Text Authorship:

  • by Augustine-Malvina Souville Blanchecotte (1830 - 1878) [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Les larmes", op. 65 (Шесть французский романсов = Shest' francuzskij romansov (Six French romances) = Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1888), also set in Russian (Русский), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Santagano-Gorchakova (1842 - 1913) ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les llàgrimes", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
Line count: 13
Word count: 93

Слёзы
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the French (Français) 
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Если покой дадите за все треволненья
И смоете теперь дней минувших тоску,
Если ранам всем моим несёте облегченье,
Лейтесь, слёзы, я вас молю!

Но, если и теперь вы смерть с собой несёте,
Если вы разжигать пламя сердца должны,
Не мучьте же меня, зачем всю грудь мне рвёте?
О, слёзы, скройтесь вы, скройтесь вы!

Да, скройтесь вы! Моя тоска ещё ужасней:
Пробудили вы вновь горе прошлых годов!
О сжальтесь, о, сжальтесь ещё!
И дайте смерть моей душе несчастной!
Слёзы, застыньте вновь, застыньте вновь!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Santagano-Gorchakova (1842 - 1913) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Augustine-Malvina Souville Blanchecotte (1830 - 1878)
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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), "Слёзы", op. 65 (Шесть французский романсов = Shest' francuzskij romansov (Six French romances) = Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1888), also set in French (Français), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
Line count: 13
Word count: 82

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