J'ai cessé de sourire

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Я улыбаться перестала

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Я улыбаться перестала,
Морозный ветер губы студит,
Одной надеждой меньше стало,
Одною песней больше будет. 
И эту песню я невольно
Отдам за смех и поруганье,
Затем, что нестерпимо больно
Душе любовное молчанье.

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title [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 Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova , "Я улыбаться перестала", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies d'après Anna Akhmatova, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dmitry Mikheyevich Melkikh (1885 - 1943), "Я улыбаться перестала", op. 8 no. 7 (1919-1923), published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from 7 лирических стихотворений (7 liricheskikh stikhotvorenij) = 7 Lyrical Poems, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-23
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Word count: 32

J'ai cessé de sourire

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

J'ai cessé de sourire,
Le vent glacé gèle les lèvres.
Encore un espoir de moins,
Mais il y aura une chanson de plus.
Et la chanson que je n'ai pas pu empêcher
Je l'abandonne au rire et à la raillerie,
Car c'est une douleur insupportable
Pour l'âme d'aimer en silence.

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