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On tak menja ljubil 'He Loved Me So Much'
Russian source:
Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin
Net, ne ljubila ja! no strannaja zabota
Tesnila grud' moju, kogda on prikhodil;
To vsja krasnela ja, bojalasja chego to,
On tak menja ljubil, on tak menja ljubil!
Chtob nravit'sja jemu togda, cvety i te narjady
Ja beregla, chto on po serdcu nakhodil;
S nim govorila ja, jego lovila vzgljady, -
On tak menja ljubil, on tak menja ljubil!
No raz on mne skazal: ,,V tu roshchu,
v chas za kata pridjosh' li?`` -- ,,Da, pridu!``
No ne khvatilo sil. Ja v roshchu ne poshla,
on zhdal menja naprasno!
Togda ujekhal on, serdjas' na neudachu;
Neschastnyj, kak menja prokljast' on dolzhen byl!
Ja ne uvizhus' s nim, mne tjazhelo, ja plachu...
On tak menja ljubil, on tak menja ljubil!
Tesnila grud' moju, kogda on prikhodil;
To vsja krasnela ja, bojalasja chego to,
On tak menja ljubil, on tak menja ljubil!
Chtob nravit'sja jemu togda, cvety i te narjady
Ja beregla, chto on po serdcu nakhodil;
S nim govorila ja, jego lovila vzgljady, -
On tak menja ljubil, on tak menja ljubil!
No raz on mne skazal: ,,V tu roshchu,
v chas za kata pridjosh' li?`` -- ,,Da, pridu!``
No ne khvatilo sil. Ja v roshchu ne poshla,
on zhdal menja naprasno!
Togda ujekhal on, serdjas' na neudachu;
Neschastnyj, kak menja prokljast' on dolzhen byl!
Ja ne uvizhus' s nim, mne tjazhelo, ja plachu...
On tak menja ljubil, on tak menja ljubil!
Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. His works are still among the most popular music in the classical repetoire, and he is widely acknowledged as the first Russian composer to make a lasting international…
Poet
Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin
Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin was a Russian poet, writer and critic.