by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Соловей мой, соловей
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Соловей мой, соловей,
Голосистый соловей!
Ты куда, куда летишь,
Где всю ночку пропоешь?1
Кто-то бедная, как я,
Ночь прослушает тебя,
Не смыкаючи очей,
Утопаючи в слезах?1
Ты лети, мой соловей,
Хоть за тридевять земель,
Хоть за синие моря,
На чужие берега;
Побывай во всех странах,
В деревнях и в городах:
Не найти тебе нигде
Горемышнее меня.1
У меня ли у младой
Дорог жемчуг на груди,
У меня ли у младой
Жар-колечко на руке,
У меня ли у младой
В сердце миленький дружок.
В день осенний на груди
Крупный жемчуг потускнел,
В зимню ночку на руке
Распаялося кольцо,
А как нынешней весной
Разлюбил меня милой.

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Line count: 28
Word count: 107

My nightingale, nightingale
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
My nightingale, nightingale
Sweet-voiced nightingale!
To where are you flying?
Where will you sing all night?
Will some other unfortunate maiden like me
Listen to you tonight,
Unable to close her eyes,
Drowning in tears?
You fly, my nightingale,
over thirty-nine lands
over blue seas
to foreign shores;
Travel through every country,
Through villages, through towns:
You will not find anywhere
Someone more unhappy than I!
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  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2004 by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-26
Line count: 28
Word count: 66