A secret | I will not tell anyone my secret

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by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908)

Translation © by Lyle Neff

Тайна

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Я тайны моей не скажу никому,
Я в сердце запрячу её,
Так много я тайной моей дорожу;
В ней радость и счастье моё.

Но странно: знать сердце моё без ключа,
Не заперто видно ничем 
И кажется тайну мою сгоряча
Готов я сам высказать всем.

Участье мне нужно, участье друзей,
За тем я хочу разсказать
Что на сердце в тайне хранится моей,
Об чём бы я должен молчать.

Теперь же минуты мечтанья ловлю,
Чтоб краткое счастье вкусить.
Друзья! я люблю, я люблю, я люблю,
Извольте же тайну хранить!

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Text Authorship:

by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908) [author's text not yet checked 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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Тайна", op. 3 (Три романсы = Tri romansy (Three romances)) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "A secret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

A secret

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I will not tell anyone my secret,
I will tuck it away into my heart,
so much I value my secret;
within it is joy and my happiness.

But it's strange: to know my heart without a key,
not locked, apparently, by anything
and, it seems, my secret impulsively
I am ready to utter to everyone.

Participation is what I need, participation of friends,
beyond that, I want to relate
what is kept at heart in my secret,
about which I should remain silent.

But now I catch moments of dreaming,
so as to taste brief happiness.
Friends! I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love,
please keep the secret!

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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-05
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Word count: 111