Забыть так скоро | Забыть так скоро, Боже мой

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Zabyt' tak skoro

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Zabyt' tak skoro, Bozhe moj,
Vsjo schast'e zhizni prozhitoj!
Vse nashi vstrechi, razgovory,
Zabyt' tak skoro, zabyt' tak skoro!

Zabyt' volnen'ja pervykh dnej,
Svidan'ja chas v teni vetvej,
Ochej nemye razgovory,
Zabyt' tak skoro, zabyt' tak skoro!

Zabyt', kak polnaja luna
Na nas gljadela iz okna,
Kak kolykhalas' tikho shtora...
Zabyt' tak skoro, zabyt' tak skoro!

Zabyt' ljubov', zabyt' mechty, 
Zabyt' te kljatvy -- pomnish' ty? --
V nochnuju pasmurnuju poru?
Zabyt' 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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