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by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)

Akh, davno li guljal ja s toboj!
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Akh, davno li guljal ja s toboj!
Tak otradno shumeli lesa!
I gljadel ja s ljubov'ju nemoj
Vsjo v tvoi golubye glaza.

I dusha likovala moja...
Razgoralas' potukhshaja krov',
I cvela, rascvetala zemlja,
I cvela, rascvetala ljubov'.

Den' vesennij, plenitel'nyj den'!
Tak privetno zhurchali ruch'i,
A v lesu, v polusvetluju ten'
Tak svetlo zapadali luchi!

Kak roskoshno struilas' reka!
Kak legko trepetali listy!
Kak blazhenno neslis' oblaka!
Kak svetlo ulybalasja ty!

Kak ja vsjo, vsjo drugoje zabyl!
Kak ja byl i zadumchiv i tikh!
Kak tainstvenno tronut ja byl!
Kak ja slez ne stydilsja moikh! —

A teper' `etot den' nam smeshon,
I poryvy ljubovnoj toski
Nam smeshny, kak nesbyvshijsja son,
Kak pustye, plokhije stishki.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883), no title [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 Boris Vasilyevich Zaitsev , "Ах, давно ли" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 115

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