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Ансамбль Александрова - «Сулико»

Music: Барбара «Варинька» Мачавариани-Церетели

This song is a Russian version of a poem written by the Georgian poet Prince Akaki Tsereteli.
Wikipedia article about the song: Suliko
«Сулико»Suliko
Я искал могилу милой.
Обошёл я все края
И рыдал слезой горючей
«Где ты, милая моя?»

Я в кустах увидел розу
Что светилась как заря.
И спросил её, с волненьем:
«Ты ли, милая моя?»

Мне же петь стала пташка
И спросил я соловья
«Молви звонкая пичужка, -
Ты, желанная моя?»

Соловей склонив головку
На кустах своих свистал
Словно ласково ответив:
«Угадал ты, это я»
I was looking for a dear grave.
I had gone around the entire land
And was sobbing with bitter tears
“Where are you, my darling?”

I saw a rose in the bushes
That was shining like the dawn.
And I asked it with trepidation:
“Are you my darling?”

A birdie began to sing to me
And I asked the nightingale
“Say sonorous little bird, -
Are you my love?”

The nightingale, having tilted its head
Was whistling in the bushes
As though having affectionately replied:
“You guessed it. It is me” *
*‘It is me’ is common parlance. ‘It is I’ is grammatically correct.