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Расстались гордо мы, Ни словом, ни слезою Я грусти признака тебе не подала. Мы разошлись навек! Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла! [ Ах, если б я хоть встретиться могла!]1 Без слёз, без жалоб я Склонилась пред [судьбою]2. Не знаю, сделав мне так много в жизни зла, Любил ли ты меня? Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла! [ Ах, если б я хот встретиться могла!]1
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2 Dargomyzhsky: "toboju" (you)
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- by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked 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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Расстались гордо мы" [text verified 1 time]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла", 1863. [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "We parted haughtily", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mais si je pouvais te rencontrer à nouveau !", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Nous nous sommes quittés fièrement, Pas un mot ni une larme, Je n'ai laissé sortir aucun signe de tristesse. Nous nous sommes quittés pour toujours ! Mais si je pouvais te rencontrer à nouveau ! [Ah ! si je pouvais te rencontrer !] Sans larmes, sans plaintes, J'ai incliné ma tête devant mon sort, Je ne sais pas, tu m'as fait tant de mal dans ma vie, Si tu m'aimais ? Mais si je pouvais te rencontrer à nouveau ! [Ah ! si je pouvais te rencontrer !]
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831 - 1875)
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-14
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