Надежда Обухова. Я тебе ничего не скажу.
Cтаринный русский романс (Т.Толстая - А. Фет). Концерт из Большого зала Московской консерватории, 1947 г.
Nadezhda Obukhova. Ya Tebe Nichero Ne Skazhu (I will say nothing to you).
Old Russian Romance (T. Tolstaya - A. Fet). Concert recording from the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, 1947.
Paintings by: I. Kramskoy, M. Neserov, I. Shishkin, K. Somov.
I will say nothing to you
and will not disturb you at all
And what I kept repeating to myself
I will not dare hint at.
All day long the nightly flowers sleep
Yet the sun has but to disappear behind a cloud,
and they softly enfold their petals
And I listen, how the heart flushes
and the painful, weary chest
is refreshed by the nocturnal moisture... I tremble...
I will not disturb you at all,
I will say nothing to you!
Thanks to The Lied and Art Song Texts Page for the English translation.