Song: Élégie
Composer: Jules Massenet
Lyrics: L.Gallet (original); Russian text by unknown author
Singer: Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Event: Gala at the International Music Festival "Shalyapin. Nuriev.Kazan" in Kazan, Russia
July 2013






Oh sweet spring-times of green years past;
Now you are gone forever.
I no longer see the blue sky;
No longer hear the bird's joyful singing
You took my happiness with you, my love;
When you went away!
In vain Spring returns,
For the bright sun fled with you;
The happy days are gone.
My heart is heavy and sad;
Everything has forever withered.

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