False Note | She tried to convince me she loved me

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by Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Фальшивая нота

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Она всё в любви уверяла.
Не верил, не верил я ей:
Фальшивая нота звучала
И в речи, и в сердце у ней;
И это она понимала...

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by Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887), "Фальшивая нота", 1868, published 1870. [
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Word count: 26

False Note

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

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She tried to convince me she loved me,
but I didn't believe her;
for a false note rang
in her voice and in her heart
and this she understood...

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 29