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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837 / Moscow / Russia)
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Pushkin's father Sergei Lvovich Pushkin (1767–1848) descended from a distinguished family of the Russian nobility which traced its ancestry back to th .. more >>
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"I loved you..."

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  I loved you, and I probably still do,
And for a while the feeling may remain...
But let my love no longer trouble you,
I do not wish to cause you any pain.
I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,
The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain -
Made up a love so tender and so true
As may God grant you to be loved again.


Translated by Genia Gurarie, 11/10/95
Copyright retained by Genia Gurarie.
email: egurarie@princeton.edu
http://www.princeton.edu/~egurarie/
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin


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  Elizabeth Noneya  (11/7/2009 7:46:00 PM)

I felt this way about my ex, and I cryed for days he hurt me. And I loved him. How can people be so cruel?
  Raquel Hayes  (10/29/2009 2:47:00 PM)

OMG......THIS POEM IS SO AMAZING. I WROTE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO MY EX CUZ THIS HOW I WAS FEELING. I HOPE WHO EVER THIS POEM IS ABOUT DIDN'T HURT YOU LIKE MY EX DID ME.
  Is It poetry  (10/29/2009 10:17:00 AM)

I should think...
that the chasm their..
is very wide between humiliation and love..
and as his fate laid else where..
nothing is noted is made of her here...
nobility now...lays in what...iip
  Kevin Straw  (10/29/2009 7:33:00 AM)

There is an edgy irony in this poem. He has been hurt, bad! And, I guess, humiliated. His wish for her to meet another love like his, is not entirely whole-hearted.
  Albert Ahearn  (10/29/2009 3:28:00 AM)

Often is the case that through translation a lot is lost but on the other hand, gained.
You be the judge.
Which of the translations do you find closest to what the poet intended? The one on this page or the other translations at: www.gel.com.au/koala/seachange/allusion_pushkin.html
  Sarkis Krikorian  (10/29/2009 3:02:00 AM)

When I was young, and was studying in the former Soviet Union, every time I passed by the statue of this great man, I felt a shiver down my spine, as if love was there, carved in that piece of stone, in the form that marvelous man...
I'd always loved his poems, although my Russian was weak, but my feelings were high...A dictionary could help, but you must have the feelings inside to grab the moment...
  Ramesh T A  (10/29/2009 2:19:00 AM)

Pushkin's gentle proposal of love reveals his genre of expression better than colleagues and contemporaries in this simple small poem!
  Emma Adamyan  (10/29/2009 2:14:00 AM)

Pushkin was and IS a true genius, for we still can see his greatness...
the translation is another piece of art, i can say for im russian-speaking lady :)
  Don Malin  (5/23/2009 3:18:00 AM)

Yes, excellent, felicitous translation of a beautiful poem, failthful to the original, and using the same rhyme scheme. Thank you: -)

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