Последний вздох
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG
«Поцелуй меня...
Моя грудь в огне...
Я ещё люблю...
Наклонись ко мне.»
Так в прощальный час
Лепетал и гас
Тихий голос твой,
Словно тающий
В глубине души
Догорающей.
Я дышать не смел --
Я в лицо твоё,
Как мертвец, глядел --
Я склонил мой слух...
Но, увы! мой друг,
Твой последний вздох
Мне любви твоей
Досказать не мог.
И не знаю я,
Чём развяжется
Эта жизнь моя!
Где доскажется
Мне любовь твоя!
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- ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , "The last breath", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 23
Word count: 70
The last breath
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский)
“Kiss me
My bosom is burning,
I still love..
Lean over to me.”
Thus, in the parting hour,
Now babbling, now silent,
Was your quiet voice,
As if it was melting,
in the depth of the soul,
of your expiring soul.
I dared not to breathe,
Into your face,
Like a dead man, I stared--
I strained my ears,
But -- alas! my friend,
Your last breath
could not finish the tale,
of your love for me.
And I don’t know,
how my life
will end
Nor where I will ever hear the end of that tale,
of your love for me!
Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2019 by Aleksey Berg, (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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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 23
Word count: 101