Rasstalis' gordo my,
Ni slovom, ni slezoju
Ja grusti priznaka tebe ne podala.
My razoshlis' navek!
No jesli-by s toboju ja vstretit'sja mogla!
[ Akh, jesli b ja khot' vstretit'sja mogla!]1

Bez sljoz, bez zhalob ja
Sklonilas' pred [sud'boju]2.
Ne znaju, sdelav mne tak mnogo v zhizni zla,
Ljubil li ty menja?
No jesli-by s toboju ja vstretit'sja mogla!
[ Akh, jesli b ja khot vstretit'sja mogla!]1

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¹ omitted by Musorgsky
² Dargomyzhsky: "тобою" ("toboju")

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Text Authorship:

• by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831 - 1875) [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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Расстались гордо мы" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла", 1863 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "We parted haughtily", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mais si je pouvais te rencontrer à nouveau !", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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