`Eto bylo davno (Safonov, set by A. Chernov, Grotto-Slepikovsky, S. Kuznetsov, Osin, V. Zolotarev) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 `Eto bylo davno... Ja ne pomnju, kogda `eto bylo...
 Proneslis', kak viden'ja, i kanuli v vechnost' goda,
 Utomlennoje serdce o proshlom teper' pozabylo...
 `Eto bylo davno... Ja ne pomnju, kogda `eto bylo,
    Mozhet byt', nikogda...

 Ja ne znaju tebja... Posle dolgoj pechal'noj razluki
 Kak mne vspomnit' tvoj golos, tvoj vzgljad, ochertan'ja lica
 I laskavshije nekogda milyje, nezhnyje ruki? -
 Ja ne znaju tebja posle dolgoj pechal'noj razluki,
   Posle sljoz bez konca...

 Inogda... inogda, mne sdajotsja, tebja ja vstrechaju
 V vikhre zhizni bezumnoj, v razgare ljudskoj sujety,
 Zhdu tebja i zovu, vse dvizhen'ja tvoji zamechaju...
 Inogda... inogda, mne sdajotsja, tebja ja vstrechaju,
   No vgljazhus' - net, ne ty!...

 `Eto bylo davno... Ja ne pomnju, kogda `eto bylo...
 No bessonnyje nochi, no dumy... Kak zhutko togda,
 Kak mne khochetsja schast'ja, kak proshloje blizko i milo!...
 `Eto bylo davno... Ja ne pomnju, kogda `eto bylo...
   No so mnoj ty vsegda!...

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Authorship

Sergey Safonov (1867-1904)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Aleksandr Abramovich Chernov

Grotto-Slepikovsky

S. Kuznetsov

Osin

Vasily Andreyevich Zolotarev (1872-1964)

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