Humid seal of soft affections, Tenderest pledge of future bliss, Dearest tie of young connections, Love's first snowdrop, virgin kiss! Speaking silence, dumb confession, Passion's birth, and infant's play, Dove-like fondness, chaste concession, Glowing dawn of future day! Sorrowing joy, Adieu's last action, (Lingering lips must now disjoin), What words can ever speak affection So thrilling and sincere as thine!
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The parting kiss" [author's text checked 1 time 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) , "Поцелуй" ; composed by Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Magnus Gustaf Retzius (1842 - 1919) , "Till en kyss", written 1872 ; composed by Oscar Blom.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
Vlazhnaja pechat' priznanij, Obeshchan'e tajnykh neg - Poceluj, podsnezhnik rannij, Svezhij, chistyj, tochno sneg. Molchalivaja ustupka, Strasti detskaja igra, Druzhba golubja s golubkoj, Schast'ja pervaja pora. Radost' v grustnom rasstavan'e I vopros: kogda zh opjat'?.. Gde slova, chtoby nazvan"e `Etim chuvstvam otyskat'?
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Text Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964), "Поцелуй" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The parting kiss"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin (b. 1937), "Поцелуй", from Весёлые и грустные песни (Vesjolyje i grustnyje pesni) = Cheerful and Sad Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 41