Songs
Ljubov' 'Love - An Epitaph'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Six romances on texts by Japanese poets Op. 21a
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Text
Ljubov' 'Love - An Epitaph'
Russian source:
Anon. trans. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Brandt
Daj tol'ko solncu za goru zajti,
k tebe ja skoro vyjdu!
Tjomnoj noch'ju ty podojdjosh' ko mne,
podobna utrennej zare,
krasiva, kak jevetok, jedva rascvetshij,
i ruku nezhnuju, gorjachuju
ot strasti i ljubvi k tebe,
ja ruku polozhu na grud' tvoju.
Drug k drugu my prizhmjomsja;
ljozha, celovat'sja budem,
ruki podlozhiv pod golovy vzamen podushek;
bjodra sblizim.
O, kak ljublju ja,
kak ljublju tebja ja strastno, nezhno,
moja radost'.
Daj tol'ko solncu za goru zajti,
k tebe ja vyjdu.
k tebe ja skoro vyjdu!
Tjomnoj noch'ju ty podojdjosh' ko mne,
podobna utrennej zare,
krasiva, kak jevetok, jedva rascvetshij,
i ruku nezhnuju, gorjachuju
ot strasti i ljubvi k tebe,
ja ruku polozhu na grud' tvoju.
Drug k drugu my prizhmjomsja;
ljozha, celovat'sja budem,
ruki podlozhiv pod golovy vzamen podushek;
bjodra sblizim.
O, kak ljublju ja,
kak ljublju tebja ja strastno, nezhno,
moja radost'.
Daj tol'ko solncu za goru zajti,
k tebe ja vyjdu.
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…
