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Расстались гордо мы, Ни словом, ни слезою Я грусти признака тебе не подала. Мы разошлись навек! Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла! [ Ах, если б я хоть встретиться могла!]1 Без слёз, без жалоб я Склонилась пред [судьбою]2. Не знаю, сделав мне так много в жизни зла, Любил ли ты меня? Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла! [ Ах, если б я хот встретиться могла!]1
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2 Dargomyzhsky: "toboju" (you)
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- 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" [text verified 1 time]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла", 1863. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "We parted haughtily", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mais si je pouvais te rencontrer à nouveau !", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 67
We parted haughtily, neither word nor tear did I let fall to show you my sorrow. We parted forever! But if only I could see you once more! Ah, if only I could see you, even if just once more! Without tears, without complaining I bent my head before my fate. You have done me such harm in my life, and yet I wonder: did you love me? But if only I could see you once more! Ah, if only I could see you, even if just once more!
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (1831 - 1875)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 90