He had light brown curls | He had light brown curls that fell upon his shoulders

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

У него ли русый кудри

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

У него ли русый кудри падали на плечи,
С уст румяных вылетали
Сахарные речи... что за речи!

Если б ведали да знали
Как его любила.
Думала, что не забуду,
Да позабыла... позабыла!

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Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked 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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "У него ли русый кудри" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "He had light brown curls", copyright ©

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 32

He had light brown curls

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

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 He had light brown curls that fell upon his shoulders,
 and from his rosy lips flew
 sugary words... such sweet words!
 
 If only they could know
 how I loved him.
 I thought I would not forget,
 yet I did... I forgot him!

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a text in Russian (Русский) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 43