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Хотел бы в единое слово Я слить мою грусть и печаль, И бросить то слово на ветер, Чтоб ветер унёс его вдаль. И пусть-бы то слово печали По ветру к тебе донеслось, И пусть-бы всегда и повсюду Оно [к]1 тебе в сердце лилось. И если [б]2 усталые очи Сомкнулись под грезой ночной, О, пусть-бы то слово печали Звучало во сне над тобой!
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- by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61
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- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Желание", 1866, published 1911. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Хотел бы в единое слово", 1875, from Dve pesen, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je voudrais en un seul mot", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Je voudrais en un seul mot Verser ma tristesse et mon chagrin Et jeter ce mot au vent Pour que le vent l'emporte au loin. Et puisse ce mot de chagrin Par le vent être porté jusqu'à toi, Et que toujours et partout Il arrive dans ton cœur. Et si tes yeux fatigués Se fermaient dans un rêve nocturne, Oh, puisse ce mot de chagrin Tourner dans ton rêve au-dessus de toi.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, first published 1859
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 72