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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Не может быть!
 (Sung text for setting by S. Rachmaninov)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  FRE
Не может быть! не может быть!
Она жива!... сейчас проснется...
Смотрите: хочет говорить,
Откроет очи, улыбнется,
Меня увидетвши, поймет,
Что неутешный плачь мой значит,
И вдруг с улыбкою шепнет:
"Ведь я жива! О чём он плачет!"
Но нет! лежит... тиха, нема, недвижна...

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Не может быть!", op. 34 (Четырнадцать романсов = Chetyrnadcat' romansov (Fourteen songs)) no. 7 (1912)

Text Authorship:

  • by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Дочери III", written 1866, first published 1869

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "C'est impossible !", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 42

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