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by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Последний вздох
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  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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Text Authorship:

  • by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Последний вздох", first published 1864 [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 Grigory Aleksandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko (1832 - 1870), "Последний вздох" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Последний вздох", op. 34 (7 Стихотворений (7 Stikhotvorenij) = 7 Poems) no. 5 (1911-1912), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , "The last breath", copyright © 2019, (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: 23
Word count: 70

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