Tu es toujours mystérieux et nouveau

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ты всегда таинственный и новый

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Ты всегда таинственный и новый.
Я тебе послушней с каждым днем,
Но любовь твоя, о друг суровый,
Испытание железом и огнем.

Запрещаешь петь и улыбаться,
А молиться запретил давно.
Только б мне с тобою не расстаться
Остальное всё равно!

Так, земле и небесам чужая,
Я живу и больше не пою,
Словно ты у ада и у рая
Отнял душу вольную мою.

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1917, appears in Черный сон = Chernyj son, no. 2 [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 Vladimir Borisovich Dovrang (b. 1953), "Ты всегда таинственный и новый" [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-26
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Word count: 61

Tu es toujours mystérieux et nouveau

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Tu es toujours mystérieux et nouveau,
Je t'obéis, chaque jour,
Mais ton amour, mon sévère ami,
Est une épreuve par le fer et le feu.

Il m'est interdit de chanter et de sourire,
Et il m'est interdit de prier depuis longtemps.
Seul compte ne pas être séparée de toi,
Tout le reste m'est égal !

Ainsi, étrangère à la terre et au ciel
Je vis et ne chante pas,
Comme si dans l'enfer et le paradis
Tu avais emporté mon âme libre.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1917, appears in Черный сон = Chernyj son, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-23
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