Songs
Vljubljon ja, deva-krasota ('I'm in love, beautiful maiden')
by Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky
Text & Translation
Vljubljon ja, deva-krasota ('I'm in love, beautiful maiden')
Russian source:
Nikolay Yazykov
V tvoj razgovor, zhivoj i strastnyj,
V tvoj golos, angelskij prekrasnyj,
V tvoi rumjanye usta.
Daj mne toboj ljubovat'sja,
Naslushat'sja tvoikh rechej,
Upit'sja pesneju tvojej,
Tvoim dykhan'em nadyshat'sja!
I'm in love, beautiful maiden
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
With the lively and passionate way you talk,
With your voice, as lovely as an angel’s,
With your rosy lips.
Let me admire you,
Delight in what you have to say,
Drink in your songs,
And breathe in your breath!
Vljubljon ja, deva-krasota ('I'm in love, beautiful maiden')
Russian source:
Nikolay Yazykov
I'm in love, beautiful maiden
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
Vljubljon ja, deva-krasota,
I’m in love, beautiful maiden,
V tvoj razgovor, zhivoj i strastnyj,
With the lively and passionate way you talk,
V tvoj golos, angelskij prekrasnyj,
With your voice, as lovely as an angel’s,
V tvoi rumjanye usta.
With your rosy lips.
Daj mne toboj ljubovat'sja,
Let me admire you,
Naslushat'sja tvoikh rechej,
Delight in what you have to say,
Upit'sja pesneju tvojej,
Drink in your songs,
Tvoim dykhan'em nadyshat'sja!
And breathe in your breath!
Composer
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a 19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Poet
Nikolay Yazykov
Nikolay Mikhailovich Yazykov was a Russian poet and Slavophile. In the 1820s he rivalled Alexander Pushkin and Yevgeny Baratynsky as the most popular poet of his generation.