Kogda ja tebja v pervyj raz vstretil

Kogda ja tebja v pervyj raz vstretil,
ne pomnit bednaja pamjat':
utrom li to bylo, dnem li,
vecherom ili pozdneju noch'ju.
Tol'ko pomnju blednovatyje shcheki,
seryje glaza pod temnymi brovjami
i sinij vorot u smugloj shei,
i kazhetsja mne, chto ja videl `eto v rannem detstve,
khotja i starshe tebja ja mnogim.

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by Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin (1872-1936) , published 1905-8?

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

by Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888-1982) , "Kogda ja tebja v pervyj raz vstretil", 1915-29 [voice and piano], from Iz Aleksandrijskikh pesen M. Kuzmina, no. 4.

Date added to the website: 2008-11-07.

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