Songs

Kakoje schast'e: i noch', i my odni!
What happiness: it is night and we are alone!
Reka kak zerkalo i vsja blestit zvezdami,
The river is like a mirror, all ablaze with stars,
A tam-to golovu zakin'-ka, da vzgljani:
And there – lean your head back and look up –
Kakaja glubina i chistota nad nami!
What profundity and purity there is above us!
O, nazyvaj menja bezumnym! Nazovi,
Call me mad! Call me what you will:
Chem khochesh': v `etot mig
At this moment
ja razumom slabeju
Reason fails me,
I v serdce chuvstvuju takoj priliv ljubvi,
And in my heart I feel such an outpouring of love,
Chto ne mogu molchat', ne stanu, ne umeju!
That I cannot be silent, I won’t, I can’t!
Ja bolen, ja vljubljon,
I’m sick, I’m in love, but anguished and in love –
No, muchas' i ljubja,
Just listen! Hear me well! – I cannot hide my passion.
O, slushaj! o pojmi! ja strasti ne skryvaju,
And I want to say that I love you,
I ja khochu skazat', chto ja ljublju tebja,
It is you, you alone that I love and desire!
Tebja, odnu tebja ljublju ja i zhelaju!