First meeting | Once, you gave me water from a stream

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by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970)

Translation © by Tom Kennedy

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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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

First meeting

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Once, you gave me water from a stream
Fresh water, cold
Like snow in ravines of blue mountains
You gaze was darker than night
In your plaits the aroma of wild-mint petals 
See, the round-dance turns once more
The tambourine roars, rings and sings
Each dancer comes with his partner
People watch them admiringly 
Beat, my tambourine, beat, roar like thunder
My sweetheart and I dance together
Her ribbon is bluer than the sky
Beat, my tambourine, beat! 
I will never forget that first meeting
Your tender words and dusky arms
And gleaming black eyes
In that hour I knew
that I would love you and be loved by you forever

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970)
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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 111