I was with her | I was with her; she said to me

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

Translation © by Anton Bespalov, Rianne Stam

Я был у ней

(Sung text for setting by S. Rachmaninov)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Я был у ней; она сказала:
«Люблю тебя, мой милый друг!»
Но эту тайну от подруг
Хранить мне строго завещала.

Я был у ней; на прелесть злата
Клялась меня не променять;
Ко мне лишь страстию пылать,
Меня любить, любить, как брата.

 ... 

Я был у ней; я вечно буду
С её душой душою жить;
Пускай она мне изменит —
Но я изменником не буду.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

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Composition:

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov

Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), no title, written 1829

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ENG English (Anton Bespalov) (Rianne Stam) , "I was with her", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I was with her

(Sung text translation for setting by S. Rachmaninov)

See original

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I was with her; she said to me:
"I love you, my dearest friend!"
But she strictly implored me to keep
this secret from her girlfriend.

I was with her, not for golden riches
she swore to trade me;
only to me to be afire with passion,
to love me, love me like a brother.

 ... 

I was with her; I will always
live with her soul, her soul.
Let her betray me,
but I will be no traitor.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 78