Je ne lui ai jamais parlé

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by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Я с нею никогда не говорил

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Я с нею никогда не говорил,
Но я искал повсюду с нею встречи,
Бледнея и дрожа, за ней следил.
Её движенья, взгляд, улыбку, речи
Я жадно, я внимательно ловил,
А после, я убегал от всех далече,
Её в мечтах себе я представлял,
Грустил, вздыхал, томился, и ревновал!
Не рассказать что делалось со мною.
Не описать волшебной красоты
С весенним солнцем, с розовой зарею,
С слезой небес, упавшей на цветы...
С лучем луны, с вечернею звездою
В моих мечтах слились её черты...
Я помню только светлое виденье,
Мой идеал, отраду и  мученье!

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by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), 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 Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Я с нею никогда не говорил", op. 12 (3 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано (3 Romansa s soprovozhdenijem fortepiano)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Я с нею никогда не говорил", op. 25 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 5 (1874) [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Je ne lui ai jamais parlé

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

Je ne lui ai jamais parlé,
Mais partout je l'ai cherchée,
Pâle et frissonnante, je l'ai suivie.
Ses mouvements, ses yeux, son sourire, ses paroles
Avidement, je les ai saisis attentivement,
Et puis je me suis enfui au loin,
Elle était dans mes rêves, je l'imaginais,
Cela m'attristait, je soupirais, je languissais, et je ressentais de la jalousie.
Je ne peux pas dire ce que je ressentais.
Je ne peux pas décrire la beauté magique...
Avec le soleil du printemps, avec l'aube rose,
Avec les larmes du ciel, tombées sur les fleurs...
Avec les rayons de la lune, avec l'étoile du soir,
Dans mes rêves son image fusionnait...
Je me souviens seulement d'une image brillante,
Mon idéal, joie et tourment !

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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-13
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