Songs
2. Ya dumal, serdtse pozabïlo 'My heart, I fancied it was over'
by Benjamin Britten From Ekho poeta, 'The poet's echo' (1965) Op. 76
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2. Ya dumal, serdtse pozabïlo 'My heart, I fancied it was over'
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
Ya dumal, serdtse pozabïlo
Sposobnost´ lyogkuyu stradat´
Ya govoril: tomu, chto bïlo,
Uzh ne bïvat´! Uzh ne bïvat´!
Proshli vostorgi, i pechali, i pechali,
I lyogkovernïye mechtï …
No vot, no vot opyat´ zatrepetali
Pred moshchnoy vlast´yu krasotï.
Sposobnost´ lyogkuyu stradat´
Ya govoril: tomu, chto bïlo,
Uzh ne bïvat´! Uzh ne bïvat´!
Proshli vostorgi, i pechali, i pechali,
I lyogkovernïye mechtï …
No vot, no vot opyat´ zatrepetali
Pred moshchnoy vlast´yu krasotï.
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music,…
Poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born…