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by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Translation © by Laura Prichard

Флорентинская песня
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Если ты хочешь, желанная,
знать, что я в сердце таю;
ревность какая то странная
душу терзает мою!

Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня,
Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня!

Чары, тебе богом данные, 
лишь для меня расточай,
и на признанья нежданные
гневно, мой друг, отвечай!

Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня,
Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня!

Очи твои так светлы, так прекрасны,
краше здесь нет лица,
речи твои пленительны, опасны,
губишь ты все сердца!

Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня,
Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня!

Будь же довольна, желанная,
сердцем покорным одним,
чтоб не страдал непрестанно я,
будь недоступна другим!

Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня,
Я молю тебя: и взглядом и улыбкой
радуй меня одного, одного меня!

Note (provided by Laura Prichard): The music was composed in March 1878 as no. 6 of Tchaikovsky's Six Romances, op. 38. The song collection is dedicated to Anatoly Ilyich Tchaikovsky, twin brother of Modest Tchaikovsky, and younger brother of the composer.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), written 1878 [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Флорентинская песня", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 (1878) [ voice and piano ], also set in Italian (Italiano), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Florentine song", copyright © 2016, (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.
Line count: 32
Word count: 162

Florentine song
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
If you’d like, darling,
to know what I hide in my heart;
a strange kind of jealousy
tears at my soul!

I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone,
I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone!

Charms, given to you by God, 
lavish only on me,
and to uninvited advances
angrily, my friend, reply!

I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone,
I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone!

Your eyes are so bright, so beautiful,
no face here so beautiful,
your words are captivating, dangerous,
you destroy all hearts!

I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone,
I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone!

So just try to be content, darling,
with one vanquished heart,
so I don’t suffer constantly,
be unobtainable to others!

I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone,
I beg you: with a glance and a smile
gladden me alone, me alone!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), written 1878
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 32
Word count: 192

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