Shestnadcat' let (Delvig, set by A. Dargomyzhsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Mne minulo shestnadcat' let,
No serdce bylo v vole;
Ja dumala: ves' belyj svet, ves' belyj svet –
Nash bor, potok i pole.

K nam junosha prishjol v selo:
Kto on, otkol', ne znaju,
No vsjo menja k nemu vleklo,
Vsjo mne tverdilo: znaju!

Jego kudrjavye vlasy
Vkrug sheji obvivalis',
Kak mak sijajet ot rosy,
Sijali, rassypalis'.

I vzory plamenny jego
Mne chto-to iz"jasnjali;
My ne skazali nichego,
No uzh drug druga znali.

Kuda pojdu – i on za mnoj.
Na dolguju l' razluku?
Ne znaju! Tol'ko on s toskoj,
Bezmolvno zhal mne ruku.

«Chto khochesh' ty? – sprosila ja, –
Skazhi, pastukh unylyj».
I s zharom on [menja]¹
I tikho nazval miloj.

I mne b togda [jego obnjat'
No ruk ne podnimala]²,
Na [persi]³ potupila vzgljad,
Krasnela, trepetala!

Ni slova ne skazala ja,
Za chto zh jemu serdit'sja?
[Zachem]⁴ pokinul on menja?
I skoro l' vozvratitsja?

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¹ Dargomyzhsky: "skazal: «Ljublju, ljublju tebja!»"
² Dargomyzhsky: "«ljublju» skazat'! / No slov najti ne znala"
³ Dargomyzhsky: "zemlju"
⁴ Dargomyzhsky: "Za chto"

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Note on Transliteration

Authorship

Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798-1831)

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

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813-1869)

Date added to the website: 2008-08-30.

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