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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Andrey Pavlovich Globa (1888 - 1964)

Pered dolgoj razlukoj
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Yiddish (יידיש) 
Our translations:  FRE
Soprano
 Oj, Abram, kak bez tebya mne zhit`!
 YA bez tebya, ty' bez menya -
 Kak nam v razluke zhit`?

Tenor
 A pomnish`, v vorotax so mnoj stoyala -
 Chto po sekretu ty' mne skazala?
 Oj, oj, Rivochka, daj tvoj rotik, devochka!

Soprano
 Oj, Abram, kak mne zhit` teper`?
 YA bez tebya, ty' bez menya, -
 Oj, kak bez ruchki dver`!

Tenor
 A pomnish`, gulyali s toboj my' v pare -
 Chto mne skazala ty' na bul`vare?
 Oj, oj, Rivochka, daj tvoj rotik, devochka!

[Soprano
[  Oj, Abram, kak mne zhit` teper`?
[  YA bez tebya, ty' bez menya, -
[  Kak nam bez schast`ya zhit`?
[
[Tenor
[  Oj, Rivochka, kak bez tebya mne zhit`!
[  YA bez tebya, ty' bez menya, -
[  Kak nam bez schast`ya zhit`?

Soprano
 Ty' pomnish`, ya krasnuyu yubku nosila?
 Oj, kak togda ya by'la krasiva!
[  Oj, Abram! Oj, Abram!
[
[Tenor
[  Oj, oj, Rivochka, daj tvoj rotik, devochka!

Note: input from a monograph by Prof. Joachim Braun.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Andrey Pavlovich Globa (1888 - 1964) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Yiddish (יידיש) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oy, Avrom, ich ken on dir nit zayn!", Jewish folk poetry.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Перед долгой разлукой", op. 79 no. 4 (1948), first performed 1955 [ soprano and piano ], from Из Еврейской Народной Поэзии = Iz Jevrejskoj Narodnoj Po`ezii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), no. 4, note: orchestrated as op. 79a [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Avant une longue séparation", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Burke

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 32
Word count: 155

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