Text & Translation
Sei den ya pomnyu 'I Remember That Day'
Russian source:
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
Byl utrom zhizhnennovo dnya.
Stoyala molcha predo mnoyu,
Vzdymalas grud yeya,
Aleli shchyoki kak zarya,
Vsyo zharche rdeya i gorya...
I vdrug, kak solntse zolotoye,
Lyubvi preznanye molodoye
Istorglos iz grudi yeya,
I novyi mir uvidel ya!
I Remember That Day
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
The morning of a new life.
She stood in silence before me,
Her bosom heaved,
Her cheeks, as crimson as the dawn,
Glowed and burned ever more intensely…
And suddenly, like the golden sun,
A youthful confession of love
Burst out from her heart.
And I glimpsed a new world!
Sei den ya pomnyu 'I Remember That Day'
Russian source:
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
I Remember That Day
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
Sei den, ya pomnyu, dlya menya
That day, I remember, was for me
Byl utrom zhizhnennovo dnya.
The morning of a new life.
Stoyala molcha predo mnoyu,
She stood in silence before me,
Vzdymalas grud yeya,
Her bosom heaved,
Aleli shchyoki kak zarya,
Her cheeks, as crimson as the dawn,
Vsyo zharche rdeya i gorya...
Glowed and burned ever more intensely…
I vdrug, kak solntse zolotoye,
And suddenly, like the golden sun,
Lyubvi preznanye molodoye
A youthful confession of love
Istorglos iz grudi yeya,
Burst out from her heart.
I novyi mir uvidel ya!
And I glimpsed a new world!
Composer
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period.
