by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Translation Singable translation by G. Jorissenne , as J. Sergennois
О если б ты могла хоть на единый миг
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
О если б ты могла хоть на единый миг Забыть свою печаль, забыть свои невзгоды, О, если бы хоть раз я твой увидел лик, Каким я знал его в счастливейшие годы! Когда в [твоих глазах]1 засветится слеза, О, если б эта грусть могла пройти порывом, Как в теплую весну пролётная гроза, Как тень от облаков, бегущая по нивам!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Tchaikovsky: "глазах твоих" (glazakh tvojikh)
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- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "О, если б ты могла" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg (1841 - 1907), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "О если б ты могла", op. 30 no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Souvenir de Kozatskoé, no. 4, Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "О если б ты могла", op. 14 (3 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано (3 Romansa s soprovozhdenijem fortepiano)) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pallady Andreyevich Bogdanov (1881 - 1971), "О! если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erazm Rafal Dłuski (1857 - 1923), "О, если б ты могла", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Романсы, Песни (Romansy, Pesni) [1895], no. 10, Moscow, A. Gutheil [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer (1875 - 1961), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "О, если б ты могла", op. 5 (Четыре романса) no. 3 (1882), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (1896 - c1938), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "О если б ты могла хоть", op. 301 no. 3 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from 20 Lieder nach Alexei K. Tolstoi, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Semyon Viktorovich Panchenko (1867 - 1937), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "О, если б ты могла", op. 39 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 1 (1897), also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "О если б ты могла", op. 24 (Six Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "О, если б ты могла", op. 45 (Девять романсов) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin (1871 - 1942), "О, если б ты могла" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "О, если б ты могла", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 4 (1878) [ baritone and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Max Lippold, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Carl Ratner) , "Oh, if only you could", copyright © 2010, (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.
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Word count: 59
Oh! si tu parvenais
Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)
Oh ! si tu parvenais, ne fût-ce qu'un moment A vaincre ton chagrin, à vaincre ta détresse ! Si je pouvais, un jour, revois ce front charmant Que j'ai connu si pur aux heures d'allégresse ! A peine dans tes yeux des pleurs jaillissent-ils, Oh ! puissent tes douleurs passer soudain chassées, Plus vite qu'en été, l'orage au vol subtil, Et l'ombre aux bords légers, sous l'aile des nuées ! Allons, plus de chagrins !
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by G. Jorissenne , as J. Sergennois [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "Oh! si tu parvenais", op. 24 (Six Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-01
Line count: 9
Word count: 69