Proščaj, pis'mo ljubvi! proščaj: ona velela.
Kak dolgo medlil ja, kak dolgo ne chotela
Ruka predat' ognju vse radosti moi!..
No polno, čas nastal. Gori, pis'mo ljubvi. 
Gotov ja; ničemu duša moja ne vnemlet.
[Už plamja žadnoe listy tvoi priemlet...]1
Minutu!.. vspychnuli! pylajut -- lëgkij dym 
Vijas' terjaetsja s moleniem moim.
[Už perstnja vernogo utratja vpečatlen'e,
Rastoplennyj surguč kipit... O providen'e!]2
Sveršilos'! Tëmnye svernulisja listy;
Na lëgkom peple ich zavetnye čerty 
Belejut... Grud' moja stesnilas'. Pepel milyj,
Otrada bednaja v sud'be moej unyloj,
Ostan'sja vek so mnoj na gorestnoj grudi...

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Confirmed with Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, Стихотворения 1825, ФЭБ (1947).

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Text Authorship:

• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Сожжённое письмо", written 1825, first published 1825 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Сожжённое письмо", op. 33 no. 4 (1885-1886), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: Bessel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Сожжённое письмо", op. 26 (Восемь романсов на слова А. Пушкина (Vosem' romansov na slova A. Pushkina) = Eight romances on words by A. Pushkin) no. 7 (1935-36), published 1937 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Muzgiz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Сожжённое письмо" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Platon Iliaronovich Mayboroda (b. 1918), "Сожжённое письмо" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Oleksandr Andriyovych Gryaznov (1940 - 2021) , "Спалений лист" ; composed by Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Burnt letter", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La lettre brûlée", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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