Забыть так скоро | Забыть так скоро, Боже мой

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Zaby't` tak skoro

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Zaby't` tak skoro, Bozhe moj,
Vsyo schast`e zhizni prozhitoj!
Vse nashi vstrechi, razgovory',
Zaby't` tak skoro, zaby't` tak skoro!

Zaby't` volnen`ya pervy'x dnej,
Svidan`ya chas v teni vetvej,
Ochej nemy'e razgovory',
Zaby't` tak skoro, zaby't` tak skoro!

Zaby't`, kak polnaya luna
Na nas glyadela iz okna,
Kak koly'xalas` tixo shtora...
Zaby't` tak skoro, zaby't` tak skoro!

Zaby't` lyubov`, zaby't` mechty', 
Zaby't` te klyatvy' -- pomnish` ty'? --
V nochnuyu pasmurnuyu poru?
Zaby't` tak skoro, tak skoro! Bozhe moj!

Confirmed with Алексей Николаевич Апухтин, Стихотворения, 2018, page 1747.

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Забыть так скоро", written 1870 [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 Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Забыть так скоро" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Забыть так скоро", 1870 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) , "Oublier !", written 1894, appears in Trente poésies russes, mélodies, imitées par Paul Collin, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1894 [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Lefebvre, Max d'Ollone.

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GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "So bald vergessen"

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