Je suis tombé amoureux pour mon chagrin | Je suis tombé amoureux

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Полюбила я

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Ukrainian (Українська)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Полюбила я,
На печаль свою,
Сиротинушку 
Бесталанного.
Уж такая [мне 
Доля]¹ выпала!
Разлучили нас
Люди сильные;
Увезли его,
Сдали в рекруты...
И солдаткой я, 
Одинокой я,
Знать, в чужой избе
И состареюсь...
Уж такая [мне 
Доля]¹ выпала.

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• S. Rachmaninov

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¹ Rachmaninov: "доля мне" ("dolja mne")

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), no title, written 1860, appears in Pesni, no. 5 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Ukrainian (Українська) by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title
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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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Полюбила я на печаль свою", op. 8 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dmitry Andreyevich Usatov (1847 - 1913), "Полюбила я на печаль свою", 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Anne Evans) , "To my sorrow I have grown to love", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je suis tombé amoureux pour mon chagrin", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 39

Je suis tombé amoureux pour mon chagrin

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

Je suis tombé amoureux,
Pour mon chagrin,
D'une orphelin
Malheureux.
Tel est le sort
Qui m'échoit !
Nous avons été séparés
Par des gens puissants :
Emmenez-le,
Faites-en une recrue...
Et une femme de soldat,
Une âme seule,
Peut-être, dans la maison d'un étranger
Je vieillirai.
Tel est le sort
Qui m'échoit !

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), no title, written 1860, appears in Pesni, no. 5 [an adaptation]
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Ukrainian (Українська) by Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814 - 1861), no title
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 50