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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970)

Первая встреча
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Ты у ручья воды мне дала когдато,
Свежей воды, холодной,
как снег в ущельях синих гор.
Ночи темней твой взор,
в косах аромат лепестков дикой мяты... 
Видишь, опять кружит хоровод,
Бубен гремит, звенит и поёт.
Каждый танцор подружку ведёт,
смотрит на них, любуясь, народ. 
Бей, мой бубен бей, греми, будто гром!
С милою моей мы танцуем вдвоём.
Лента на тебе небес голубей!
Бей, мой бубен, бей! Бубен, бей! Бубен бей! 
Мне не забыть вовек этой первой встречи,
Ласковых слов и смуглой руки,
и блеска чёрных глаз...
Понял я в этот час,
что тебя люблю и любить буду вечно!

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Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

  • by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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), "Первая встреча", op. 100 no. 3 (1956) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Испанские Песни = Ispanskije Pesni, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Tom Kennedy) , "First meeting", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Première rencontre", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Tom Kennedy

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 98

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