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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

V pervy'j i v poslednij raz
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Japanese (日本語) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ya sorval tvoj czvetok, ty' moya.
YA prizhal tebya k serdczu,
k serdczu i slilsya s toboj.
Kogda noch` otletela,
ya uvidel, chto tebya so mnoyu bol`she net.
Ostalas` lish` bol`, lish` bol`.
Mnogo eshhyo budet u tebya czvetov,
blagouxanny'x i divny'x,
no moyo vremya rvat` czvety' proshlo,
I v tyomnoj nochi net u menya miloj.
Ostalas` lish` bol`, lish` bol`...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "В первый и в последний раз", op. 21 no. 4 (1931) [ tenor and orchestra ], from Шесть романсов на слова японских поэтов (Shest' romansov na slova japonskikh po`etov) = Six romances on texts by Japanese poets, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La première et la dernière fois", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-20
Line count: 11
Word count: 61

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