Ja ljubila jego

Ja ljubila jego 
Zharche dnja i ognja,
Kak [drugije ljubit'
Ne smogut nikogda!]1

Tol'ko s nim lish' odnim 
Ja na svete zhila;
Jemu dushu moju, 
Jemu zhizn' otdala!

Chto za noch', za luna, 
Kogda druga ja zhdu!
[I]2 bledna, kholodna, 
Zamiraju, drozhu!

Vot [on idjot]3, pojot: 
,,Gde ty zor'ka moja?``
Vot on ruku berjot, 
Vot celujet menja!

,,Milyj drug, pogasi
Poceluji tvoji!
I bez nikh pri tebe 
Ogn' pylajet v krovi;

I bez nikh pri tebe 
[Zhgjot]4 rumjanec lico,
I volnujetsja grud' 
[I kipit gorjacho!]5

I blistajut glaza
[Luchezarnoj zvezdoj!``
Ja zhila dlja nego --
Ja ljubila dushoj!]6

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Note on Transliteration

by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808-1842) , "Russkaja pesnja", published 1841

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

by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910) , "Ja ljubila jego"
by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801-1848) , "Ja ljubila jego"
by Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) , "Ja ljubila jego"

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