Exhausted by grief | Exhausted by grief, having cried out all your tears

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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Translation © by Lyle Neff

Истомленная горем, все выплакав слёзы

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Истомленная горем, все выплакав слёзы,
   На руках у меня, как младенец, ты спишь;
На лице твоём кротком последняя дума
   С неотертой последней слезинкой дрожит.
Ты заснула, безмолвно меня укоряя,
   Что бесчувствен к слезам я казался твоим...
Не затем ли сквозь сон ты теперь улыбнулась,
   Точно слышишь, что, грустно смотря на тебя,
Тихо нянча тебя на руках, как младенца,
   Я страдаю, как ты, и заплакать готов?

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Text Authorship:

by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1851 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Истомленная горем", op. 7 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "Exhausted by grief", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 65

Exhausted by grief

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Exhausted by grief, having cried out all your tears,
   In my arms like an infant you sleep;
On your meek face a last thought
   Trembles with an unscoured last teardrop.
You fell asleep, silently reproaching me,
   That I seemed insensitive to your tears...
If not ulteriorly, you now smiled half-asleep,
   Are you indeed hearing that, as I sadly look at you,
Quietly nursing you in my arms like an infant,
   I am suffering like you, and am about to weep?

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1851
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-07
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Word count: 80