Songs
Beznadjozhnaja ljubov' 'Hopeless Love'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Six romances on texts by Japanese poets Op. 21a
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Text
Beznadjozhnaja ljubov' 'Hopeless Love'
Russian source:
Anon. trans. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Brandt
Zachem ja ljublju tebja,
ved' nikogda, nikogda ty ne budesh' mojej?
Ne ja budu laskat' tebja,
ne ja, istomljonnyj tvoimi laskami,
usnu rjadom s toboj.
Zachem zhe ja ljublju tebja?
ved' nikogda, nikogda ty ne budesh' mojej?
Ne ja budu laskat' tebja,
ne ja, istomljonnyj tvoimi laskami,
usnu rjadom s toboj.
Zachem zhe ja ljublju tebja?
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist. He achieved fame in the Soviet Union, although later developed a more complex and difficult relationship with the government. As a composer, he combined a variety of different musical…
