,,Ona byla tvoja!``

,,Ona byla tvoja!`` sheptal mne vecher maja,
    Draznila dolgo pesnja solov'ja,
Teper' on zamolchal, i `eta noch' nemaja
    Mne shepchet vnov': ,,ona byla tvoja!``
Kak list'ja topolej v sijan'ji serebristom,
Mercajet proshloje, pogibsheje davno;
O njom mne govorjat i zvezdy v nebe chistom,
I zapakh rezedy, vorvavshejsja v okno.
I nekuda bezhat', i muchit noch' nemaja,
Risuja [milyja]1 znakomyja cherty ...
O, ne zabvennaja, o, vechno dorogaja,
Otkliknis' otzovis', skazhi mne: gde zhe ty?
Vot vidish': bez tebja mne zhit' nevynosimo,
    Ja  iznemog, ja vybilsja iz sil;
Obidy,  gore, zlo - ja vse zabyl, prostil,
Odna ljubov'  vo mne gorit neugasimo!
Daj podyshat'  s toboj mne vozdukhom odnim,
Otkliknis', otzovis', javis' khot' na mgnoven'e,
A  tam puskaj opjat' khot' gody zatochen'ja
    S  mogil'nym kholodom svoim!

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Note on Transliteration

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841-1893) , no title, 1883

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 Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , ",,Ona byla tvoja!``", op. 7 no. 1, published 1895, lines 1-12.
by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865-) , ",,Ona byla tvoja!``", op. 37 (2 romansa) no. 2. [voice and piano]

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