by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
Translation by Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803 - 1864) and sometimes misattributed to Pyotr Petrovich Gnedich (1855 - 1925)

Ostav` menya
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Ostav` menya!... menya pechal` trevozhit;
Dusha muchitel`ny'x raskayany'j polna --
I vot ona uzh vy'nesti ne mozhet 
Vsego togo, chto vy'nesla ona.

Ostav` menya! ...Bezumstvuya toskuya,
Kak bredom plamenny'm, toboj ispolnen ya --
I vsyo chto chuvstvuyu, chego zhelat` mogu ya:
Vsyo v e`tom vozglase: Ostav`, ostav` menya!

Confirmed with Сочинения Лорда Байрона в переводах русских поэтов, Том первый, издание третье О. Гербель, С.-Петербург, 1883, page 46.


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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by A. Aleksandrova ; composed by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Fr. A. Aleksandrov ; composed by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Karl Yulyevich Davidov.

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