by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
Translation Singable translation possibly by Constance Bache (1846 - 1903) and possibly by William Stigand, né Stigant (1825 - 1915)

Farewell to the Forest
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
Fare thee well, adieu, forest dank and dim,
With thy summer joys, and thy snowstorms grim,
Of a lonely life I am weary quite,
Always crossing thee thus by day and night;
I am off, I'm off to begin fresh life,
To set up a home and to take a wife,
To this home a young wife I'll take so true,
Live with her carefree, lilly, lilly lu!

Note: from a Rubinstein score. It is unclear which of the two translators listed on the front page wrote this particular translation.

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