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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Не может быть! не может быть!

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Не может быть! не может быть!
Она жива!... сейчас проснется...
Смотрите: хочет говорить,
Откроет очи, улыбнется,
Меня увидетвши, поймет,
Что неутешный плачь мой значит,
И вдруг с улыбкою шепнет:
"Ведь я жива! О чём он плачет!"
Но нет! лежит... тиха, нема, недвижна...

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Text Authorship:

by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Дочери III", written 1866, first published 1869 [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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Не может быть!", op. 34 (Четырнадцать романсов = Chetyrnadcat' romansov (Fourteen songs)) no. 7 (1912) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Nikolay Feopemptovich Solovyov (1846 - 1916), "Не может быть", subtitle: "Смерть", published 1904 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "C'est impossible !", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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C'est impossible !

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

C'est impossible ! C'est impossible !
Elle est vivante !... Elle va se réveiller tout de suite...
Regardez : elle veut parler,
Elle va ouvrir les yeux, sourire,
Quand elle me verra, elle comprendra
Ce que signifient mes pleurs inconsolables
Et soudain avec un sourire elle murmurera :
« Je suis vivante ! Pourquoi pleure-t-il ? »
Mais non ! elle est allongée... calme, muette, immobile...

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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 Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Дочери III", written 1866, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-09
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Word count: 58