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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)
Translation by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831)

Mne minulo shestnadczat` let
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mne minulo shestnadczat` let,
  No serdce by'lo v vole;
YA dumala: ves` bely'j svet –
  Nash bor, potok i pole.

K nam yunosha prishyol v selo:
  Kto on? otkol`? ne znayu,
No vsyo menya k nemu vleklo,
  Vsyo mne tverdilo: znayu!

Ego kudryavy'e vlasy'
  Vkrug shei obvivalis`,
Kak mak siyaet ot rosy',
  Siyali, rassy'palis`.

I vzory' plamenny' ego
  Mne chto-to iz``yasnyali;
My' ne skazali nichego,
  No uzh drug druga znali.

Kuda pojdu – i on za mnoj.
  Na dolguyu l` razluku? –
Ne znayu! Tol`ko on s toskoj
  Bezmolvno zhal mne ruku.

«Chto xochesh` ty'? – sprosila ya.
  Skazhi, pastux uny'ly'j».
I s zharom [obnyal on menya]1
  I tixo nazval miloj.

I mne b togda [ego obnyat`!
  No ruk ne podnimala]2,
Na [persi]3 potupila vzglyad,
  Krasnela, trepetala!

Ni slova ne skazala ya,
  Za chto zh emu serdit`sya?
[Zachem]4 pokinul on menya?
  I skoro l` vozvratitsya?

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•   A. Dargomyzhsky 

A. Dargomyzhsky sets stanzas 1-2, 5-8

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Note: this translation lines up with the original French stanzas 1-3, 5-9. It is not missing a stanza, but stanza 4 was not translated.

1 Dargomyzhsky: "он сказал: «Люблю люблю тебя!»" ("on skazal: «Ljublju, ljublju tebja!»"
2 Dargomyzhsky: "«люблю» сказать ! / Но слов найти не знала" ("«ljublju» skazat'! / No slov najti ne znala")
3 Dargomyzhsky: "землю" ("zemlju")
4 Dargomyzhsky: "За что" ("Za chto")

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Первая встреча", written 1814 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Phidile", first published 1771
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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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Шестнадцать лет", 1844, stanzas 1-2,5-8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-30
Line count: 32
Word count: 150

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