Songs

Ti pomnish’li vecher

by Sergei Rachmaninov

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Ti pomnish’li vecher
Russian source: Leo Tolstoy

Ty pomnish' li vecher, kak more shumelo,
V shipovnike pel solovej,
Dushistye vetki akacii beloj
Kachalis' na shljape tvojej?

Mezh kamnej, obrosshikh gustym vinogradom,
Doroga byla tak uzka;
V molchan'e nad morem my jekhali rjadom,
S rukoju skhodilas' ruka.

Ty pomnish' li rjov dozhdevogo potoka
I penu i bryzgi krugom;
I nam nashe gore kazalos' daljoko,
I kak my zabyli o njom!

Do you recall the evening
English translation © Philip Ross Bullock

Do you recall the evening, when the sea roared
And the nightingale sang in the dogrose,
When fragrant twigs of white acacia
Swayed on your hat?

Between the rocks, thickly overgrown with vines,
The path, so narrow, passed,
We rode in silence by the sea,
Hand , in hand.

Do you recall the roar of the pouring rain,
And the spume and spray all around?
And how far away our grief seemed to be,
And how we we had forgotten about it!

Ti pomnish’li vecher
Russian source: Leo Tolstoy

Do you recall the evening
English source: Philip Ross Bullock

Ty pomnish' li vecher, kak more shumelo,
Do you recall the evening, when the sea roared
V shipovnike pel solovej,
And the nightingale sang in the dogrose,
Dushistye vetki akacii beloj
When fragrant twigs of white acacia
Kachalis' na shljape tvojej?
Swayed on your hat?

Mezh kamnej, obrosshikh gustym vinogradom,
Between the rocks, thickly overgrown with vines,
Doroga byla tak uzka;
The path, so narrow, passed,
V molchan'e nad morem my jekhali rjadom,
We rode in silence by the sea,
S rukoju skhodilas' ruka.
Hand , in hand.

Ty pomnish' li rjov dozhdevogo potoka
Do you recall the roar of the pouring rain,
I penu i bryzgi krugom;
And the spume and spray all around?
I nam nashe gore kazalos' daljoko,
And how far away our grief seemed to be,
I kak my zabyli o njom!
And how we we had forgotten about it!

Composer

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period.

Poet

Leo Tolstoy

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for Nobel Prize in…

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