Откуда такая нежность?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG ENG FRE
Откуда такая нежность?
Не первые -- эти кудри
Разглаживаю, и губы
Знавала темней твоих.
Всходили и гасли звёзды
-- Откуда такая нежность? --
Всходили и гасли очи
У самых моих очей.
Ещё не такие песни
Я слушала ночью темной
[Венчаемая — о нежность! —]1
На самой груди певца.
Откуда такая нежность,
И что с нею делать, отрок
Лукавый, певец захожий,
С ресницами -- нет длинней?
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- ENG English (Dann Mitton) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "D'où vient une telle tendresse", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 61
Why such tenderness?
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
Why such tenderness?
Not for the first time –
such locks I stroke,
And I knew lips – darker than yours.
The stars have risen and burnt out,
(why such tenderness?),
The eyes have risen and burnt out
Close to my very eyes.
Much better songs
I have heard in the dark of night,
(why such tenderness?),
Lying upon the very chest of the singer.
Why such tenderness?
And what do I do with it,
Wily lad, wandering singer,
With eye lashes – the longest I've ever seen?
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Translation of title "Откуда такая нежность?" = "Why such tenderness?"
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Line count: 16
Word count: 88