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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Я любила его
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Я любила его 
Жарче дня и огня,
Как другие любить
Не смогут никогда!

Только с ним лишь одним 
Я на свете жила;
Ему душу мою, 
Ему жизнь отдала!

Что за ночь, за луна, 
Когда друга я жду!
И бледна, холодна, 
Замираю, дрожу!

Вот он идёт, поёт: 
«Где ты зорька моя?»
Вот он руку берёт, 
Вот целует меня!

«Милый друг, погаси
Поцелуи твои!
И без них при тебе 
Огнь пылает в крови;

И без них при тебе 
Жгёт румянец лицо,
И волнуется грудь 
И кипит горячо!

И блистают глаза
Лучезарной звездой!»
Я жила для него --
Я любила душой!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Balakirev •   A. Dyubyuk •   A. Varlamov 

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Confirmed with А. В. Кольцов, Полное собрание стихотворений, Ленинград, Советский писатель, 1958.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Русская песня", written 1841, first published 1841 [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 Aleksei Vladimirovich Abutkov (1875 - 1945), "Я любила его", op. 12 (10 Писен) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Москва (Moscow), Советвенность Издателя `Симфония' [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Я любила его" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch (1823 - 1863), as Оттон Иванович Дютш, "Я любила его" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Ivanovich Dyubyuk (1812 - 1897), "Я любила его", published 1844 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Yuly Antonovich Kapri (1831 - 1918), "Я любила его" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolay Filippovich Khristianovich (1828 - 1890), "Я любила его" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov (1830 - 1890), "Я любила его" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Aleksandrovich Trailin (1872 - 1951), "Я любила его" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Я любила его" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Я любила его", VWV 1062 (1865), published 1865 [ medium voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Heißer glühte mein Herz" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "I have loved him!", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 104

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