First reunion | Gone is the gloomy separation

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by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915)

Translation © by Leonard Lehrman, Emily Lehrman, Vanessa Bright

Первое свидание

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Вот миновала разлука унылая,
пробил свидания час,
светлое, полное счастие, милая,
вновь наступило для нас.

Долго томилося, полно страдания, 
сердце твоё, но поверь:
дни одиночества, дни испытания
мы наверстаем теперь.

Нежные речи, любви выражения
вновь потекут без конца,
и во единое снова биение
наши сольются сердца!

Пусть сочетает созвучье единое
наши две души, и вновь,
словно весенняя песнь соловьиная,
наша воспрянет любовь!

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Text Authorship:

by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915) [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Первое свидание", op. 63 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances) = Sechs Romanzen) no. 4 (1887), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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

ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) (Emily Lehrman) (Vanessa Bright) , "First reunion", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Première rencontre", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 62

First reunion

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Gone is the gloomy separation. 
The hour of meeting has struck. 
The bright, full joy, my dear, 
Is ours once again.

Long has your heart, filled with suffering, 
Languished.  But believe me:
The days of loneliness and torment
We will now make up for.

Tender speeches, expressions of love
Endlessly will flow anew
As our hearts will beat together
As one again!

Let the resonance combine
Our two souls and, again,
Like the spring song of the nightingale, 
Our love shall rise up once more!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-22
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Word count: 86