I touched the flower | I touched the flower with passionate lips

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by Vasily Vasil'yevich Nemirovich-Danchenko (1844 - 1927)

Translation © by Barbara Miller

Коснулась я цветка

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Коснулась я цветка горячими устами;
И лепестки рассыпались, лежат.
Я стебель лишь держу, а жизнь и аромат
Вернёшь ли ты безсильными слезами?

Ты не любил меня! Безжалостно, сурово, 
Развеял твой обман сердечные мечты, 
Как лепестки цветка. Их возвратишь ли ты?
И сердцу моему вернёшь ли счастье снова?

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Text Authorship:

by Vasily Vasil'yevich Nemirovich-Danchenko (1844 - 1927) [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Коснулась я цветка", op. 49 (Семь романсов = Sem' romansov (Seven romances)) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "I touched the flower", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 47

I touched the flower

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I touched the flower with passionate lips;
and the petals, fallen loose, lie [around].
I  keep only the stem;
but the life and fragrance
will you restore with feeble tears?
You did not love me!
Unpityingly, harshly, your deception shattered
my heart's dreams, like the petals of the flower.
Will you restore them?
And will you return happiness to my heart again?

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Vasily Vasil'yevich Nemirovich-Danchenko (1844 - 1927)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 62