Comme je souffre, comme je désire vivre

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by Glafira Nikolayevna Mamoshina (1870 - 1942), as G. Galina

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Как мне больно, как хочется жить

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Как мне больно, как хочется жить...
Как свежа и душиста весна!
Нет! не в силах я сердца убить
В эту ночь голубую без сна.

Хоть-бы старость пришла поскорей,
Хоть-бы иней в кудрях заблестел,
Что-б не пел для меня соловей,
Чтобы лес для меня не шумел,

Чтобы песнь не [лилась]¹ из души
Сквозь сирени в широкую даль,
Чтобы не было в этой тиши
Мне чего то мучительно жаль!

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¹ Rachmaninov: "рвалась"

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Text Authorship:

by Glafira Nikolayevna Mamoshina (1870 - 1942), as G. Galina, "Весенняя ночь", first published 1902 [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):

by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Как мне больно", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 12 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Comme je souffre, comme je désire vivre

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Comme je souffre, comme je désire vivre...
Comme le printemps est frais et parfumé !
Non ! je ne peux pas réprimer mon cœur
En cette nuit bleue et sans sommeil.

Si seulement la vieillesse venait plus vite,
Si seulement le givre dorait mes boucles,
Pour que le rossignol ne chante plus pour moi,
Pour que la forêt ne murmure plus pour moi.

Pour qu'un chant ne jaillisse pas de mon âme,
À travers les lilas au loin,
Dans ce silence
Si seulement je ne ressentais pas un chagrin si insupportable.

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Translation of title "Как мне больно" = "Comme je souffre"

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