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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Какое счастье
 (Sung text for setting by S. Rachmaninov)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Какое счастье: и ночь, и мы одни!
Река как зеркало и вся блестит звездами,
А там-то голову закинь-ка, да взгляни:
Какая глубина и чистота над нами!
О, называй меня безумным!
Назови, чем хочешь:
в этот миг я разумом слабею
И в сердце чувствую такой прилив любви,
Что не могу молчать, не стану, не умею!
Я болен, я влюблён,
Но, мучась и любя, 
О, слушай! о пойми! я страсти не скрываю,
И я хочу сказать, что я люблю тебя,
Тебя, одну тебя люблю я и желаю!

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Какое счастье", op. 34 (Четырнадцать романсов = Chetyrnadcat' romansov (Fourteen songs)) no. 12 (1912)

Text Authorship:

  • by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title, written 1853/1854, first published 1854

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "What happiness!", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (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: 14
Word count: 85

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