Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Rachmaninov - "Alone Again" / "Я опять одинок" op. 26 №9
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Как светла, как нарядна весна!
Погляди мне в глаза, как бывало,
И скажи: отчего ты грустна?
Отчего ты так ласкова стала?

Но молчишь, ты, слаба, как цветок...
О молчи! Мне не надо признанья:
Я узнал эту ласку прощанья, --
Я опять одинок!

How bright, how decorated is the spring!
Look into my eyes, as you used to,
And tell me: why have you become so melancholy,
Why have you become so affectionate?

But you are silent, as weak as a flower...
Hush now! I need no confession...
I've recognised this affection of parting...
I'm alone again!