Надежда Обухова Нет, не тебя/N.Obukhova A. Shishkin Romance

Надежда Обухова.Нет, не тебя так пылко я люблю (А.Шишкин — М.Лермонтов).
Nadezhda Obukhova.Net,ne tebja...(The one I am in love with isn't really you). Russian Romance (A. Shishkin - M. Lermontov).

























The one I am in love with isn't really you,
Your charm is not for me, as it appears,
I love in you the bygone pain and tears
And the departed youth that I went through.

And when, my friend, at times, I look at you,
When deep into your eyes I do intently stare
I hold a magic conversation, I declare!
But you are not the one that I'm talking to.

I talk with an engaging girl-fiend of my youth,
And in your face I look for other features,
The living lips are silent now and speechless,
And in the eyes the fire has died down,in truth.









(Translated by A.Vagapov)