I caught sight of you | I caught sight of you

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by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908)

Translation © by Lyle Neff

Я увидел тебя

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Я увидел тебя 
И невольно зо мне 
Чудной силой, чудной силой любовь 
Зарождается:
И теперь о тебе
Наяву и во сне,
Мне так сладко, так мирно 
Мечтается.

Я увидел тебя; 
Твой приветливый взор,
Речь твоя добродушная, нежная
Мне блаженство сулят, 
Мне тайком говорят,
Что люблю не совсем безнадежно я.

Отчего же, дитя, 
Ты боишься сказать 
Что и ты, что и ты не чужда 
Увлечения.
И зачем наше чувство 
Святое скрывать
Ради злобы людского 
Суждения?

Не могу я, мой друг, 
Эту ложь перенесть,
И по мне если жизнь 
Улыбается,
Надо брать у неё, 
Что в ней лучшего есть,
Счастье дважды к нам редко 
Является.

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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), "Я увидел тебя", op. 5 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances) = Six mélodies) no. 1, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne , "Je t'ai vue" ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.

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

ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "I caught sight of you", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 103

I caught sight of you

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I caught sight of you,
and involuntarily within me,
like a strange force, like a strange force, love
arises:
and now -- of you,
whether I'm waking or sleeping,
it is so sweet, so peaceful for me
to dream.

I caught sight of you;
your friendly gaze [and]
your good-natured, gentle speech,
promise me bliss [and]
say to me in secret
that I love not at all hopelessly.

Why, then, child,
are you afraid to say
that you, too, that you, too, are no stranger
to infatuation?
And why hide
our sacred feeling
for the sake of the spite of human
judgment?

I cannot, my friend,
endure this falsehood.
and, to me, if life
smiles,
we must take from it
the best that exists within it;
happiness twice to us rarely
appears.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-18
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Word count: 131